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DR STEVE GAUNSONTEXTUAL CROSSINGSRMIT UNIVERSITY

ANALOGYTHESE ARE OFTEN 'INSPIRED BY' OR 'BASED ON' ADAPTATIONS.

Goes further than published workProvides a cultural and social context Howl is the “making of” and “response to”

CELEBRATION — HEAVY RELUCTANCE TO CHANGE THE EXACT WORDS OR SENTIMENT OF THE SOURCE.

ADJUSTMENT — ADJUSTS, CHANGES, AND ALTERS THE SOURCE WITHOUT LOSING THE SENTIMENT.

COLONISATION — THE ADAPTER PUTS THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE ON THE SOURCE.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey FriedmanComing from a documentary traditionGay-rights related topics in productions such as The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) and Celluloid Closet (1995) However, the result transformed into something different from a traditional documentary.

• The finished film is mixed in many ways: • a portrait of Allen Ginsberg• but it is also a semi-documentary about the 1957

COLONISATION — THE ADAPTER PUTS THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE ON THE SOURCE.

FINAL THOUGHTHowl the film received a mixed critical response. [n]ot quite a biopic, not really a documentary and only loosely an adaptationHow do you define this film? How would you market this film?Is the film a success?Does it make you want to read Howl?