PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: A week-long celebration of books and writing from around the globe, featuring 50+ events, 150 writers, and 40 countries. Don't miss this exciting cross-cultural literary exchange including conversations, panel discussions, readings, a translation slam, and an all-star Cabaret! New York City, April 26-May 2, 2010.
April 29, 7:00pm at NYU Skirball Center
Adapation: From Page to Screen
What is lost - and what is gained - in the translation of fiction to film?
Join a distinguished international panel of authors, including the French writers Philippe Djian, whose book was the basis for the film Betty Blue, and Jean-Philippe Toussaint, whose work has been compared to the films of Jim Jarmusch. Djian and Toussaint will be joined by American novelists and screenwriters Barry Gifford, whose Wild at Heart directed by David Lynch celebrates its 20th birthday this year, and Richard Price, whose book Clockers was directed by Spike Lee for the cinema.
Come for a fascinating, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous look at what happens when film directors get their hands on the books we love. Author and former PEN American Center president Francine Prose, whose work has been adapted for both the stage and the screen, directs the action.
Co-presented by La Maison Française, NYU and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
