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Issue 38: Literary Adaptations

August 2016

Sacred Texts and Ruined Childhoods: On Aronofsky’s Noah

Lauren Wilford·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Darren Aronofsky’s Noah ruined my childhood, and thank God. Read More

Carrying the Fire

Joel Mayward·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Being a parent to a child requires an immense amount of hope, the internal flame of assurance that we human beings are capable of good regardless of our external circumstances. Read More
The Great Gatsby (2013) | art by Brianna Ashby

Riotous Excursions: Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

Sheila O'Malley·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Baz Luhrmann does not give us a realistic depiction of a realistic light at the end of a realistic dock—he gives us a glimmering pulsing beacon of hope swimming in a sea of darkness. Read More

The Film That Wasn’t There

Kyle Meikle·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
On Dune and Lost in La Mancha and adaptations that haven't been made. Read More

The Girl on Fire

Charlotte Orzel·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
On the failures of the final two films in the Hunger Games franchise and internet fandom. Read More

All Too Real: Stephen King and Maximum Overdrive

Jacob Oller·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Stephen King was no director. He didn’t have the cinematic vocabulary, the logistical training. He was a former English teacher, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read More

Spice Must Flow

Sarah Welch-Larson·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Dune is a notorious film. Read More

The Legend of Swift Adam (The Fast & the Furious)

Andrew Root·
Issue 38: Literary Adaptations
Modern audiences will hear echoes of that folk tale in the high-octane antiheroes of The Fast & the Furious film franchise, a series of films that has mystified some with its longevity. Read More

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