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A 10 page research paper that discusses Field of Dreams (1989, directed by Phil Alden Robinson for Universal Studios) as a film adaptation of W.P. Kinsella’s short story “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa.” Examination of these two works and the adaptation process demonstrates that this is an instance where the filmmaker was extremely successful at capturing not only the substance of Kinsella’s plot, but the magic of his writing and vision. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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to Iowa." Examination of these two works and the adaptation process demonstrates that this is an instance where the filmmaker was extremely successful at capturing not only the substance of
Kinsellas plot, but the magic of his writing and vision. However, before examining the film and the source material directly, it is helpful to understanding their relationship to also discuss
how the process of adaptation is perceived and described. The art of adaptation Film adaptations of literary sources are developed through the medium of a complicated series of decisions.
A screenplay is derived from a novel through a complex serious of operations, as the screenwriter selects and transforms a purely written medium into a text that can guide the
creation of a medium that is primarily visual. Some film adaptations depart drastically from the source material, but remain true to the original novel in spirit and plot construction. Others
seem to have been lifted whole from the pages of a beloved book. However, when an adaptation is perceived to be inaccurate in both context and spirit, criticism of the
film can be harsh. For example, films that are judged to inaccurately portray the spirit or context of a beloved novel are described in terms of "infidelity" and "betrayal"
(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film that fails to captures the "fundamental narrative, thematic, and
aesthetic features of its literary source" (Stam 54). In describing the art of adaptation, and the difficulty of this process, critic Robert Stam asks his reader to consider a
passage take from John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, which pictures Ma Joad contemplating a box of memorabilia prior to leaving the familys Oklahoma home for California. Stam states that
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