La Verdad de la Pintura (English, French, Spanish, Paperback, illustrated edition)

An amazing number of films based on literary works take part of the history of cinema. And, whenever a new film appears, there arises the controversy about adaptation efficacy. This text analyses the most usual approaches to transposition and attempts to understand the specific difficulties inherent to this "rite of passage": extension or economy, differences between literary and cinematographic dialogue, off-voice and its variants, and the problem raised by the point of view.