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Film and television adaptations of postmodern novels (1973–2015)

Film and television adaptations of postmodern novels (1973–2015)

  1. Fowles’s novel frames “unfilmable” postmodernism

    Labels: John Fowles, The French

  3. Slaughterhouse-Five reaches cinemas

    Labels: George Roy, Slaughterhouse-Five film

  4. Ballard publishes Crash, later adapted controversially

    Labels: J G, Crash novel

  5. Eco’s The Name of the Rose popularizes “metafiction”

    Labels: Umberto Eco, The Name

  6. The French Lieutenant’s Woman opens in US theaters

    Labels: The French, Harold Pinter

  7. The Name of the Rose becomes a major international film

    Labels: Jean-Jacques Annaud, The Name

  8. The Unbearable Lightness of Being releases

    Labels: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable

  9. The Comfort of Strangers adapts McEwan’s unsettling novel

    Labels: Ian McEwan, The Comfort

  10. Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch opens in limited US release

    Labels: David Cronenberg, Naked Lunch

  11. Crash premieres at Cannes, intensifying adaptation debates

    Labels: Crash film, Cannes Film

  12. American Psycho brings satirical postmodern violence mainstream

    Labels: Bret Easton, American Psycho

  13. Cosmopolis adapts DeLillo’s finance-era novel

    Labels: Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis film

  14. Inherent Vice reaches theaters, a rare Pynchon screen adaptation

    Labels: Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice

  15. Inherent Vice expands to wide US release

    Labels: Inherent Vice, wide release