[Hardy-l] The Woodlanders

[Rosemarie Morgan]

>Thanks Tony --  It's fascinating watching an adaptation to see what an 
>imaginative director leaves out or puts in ---- movies  being a wholly 
>separate art form. I have to confess, though, to being far more interested 
>in transpositions ( eg., The Claim)  than in adapations and "fidelity."  I 
>went to NYU Film school for a semester and script-writing Hardy's 
>"Imaginative Woman" was enthralling. The professor emphasised that 
>script-writing followed more of the principles of dramatic poetry than of 
>prose (all the visualisation, condensing, refining, using one word to 
>stand for a whole sentence and so on-)  -- it was a most exciting challenge.
Cheers
Rosemarie

>  It runs for about ninety minutes which is at least thirty too short, 
> consequently the characters and storyline, whilst quite accurate, are not 
> developed enough. The scenery is beautiful and yes,
>Kind regards,
>Tony