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'Dangerous Liasons'
Comparison Essay # 11062
'Dangerous Liasons'
Analysis of Christopher Hampton's play & film adaptations of Choderolos de Lados' notorious 1782 novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." Contends film version is basically conservative & that original text is superior to film & play.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
8 sources |
2001
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""Les Liaisons Dangereuses" (Dangerous Liaisons) is known to modern audiences through Christopher Hampton's adaptations of Choderlos de Lados' notorious 1782 novel told entirely by letters. The stage and film adaptations have obviously been more dynamic allowing the characters to interact in each other's presence. Basically this is a tale about two immoral cynics who find pleasure in destroying the loves of other people since they will not allow themselves to admit they love each other. Steephen Frears' screen version is a witty tragicomedy of manners. This paper will analyze why, in spite of formal experimentation, the content of the Hollywood film -- as virtually all Hollywood adaptations of major literary works -- is fundamentally conservative.The 1782 novel had been characterized by Peter Washington..."
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