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Joy Gould Boyum

Author of Double Exposure: Fiction Into Film

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Works by Joy Gould Boyum

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Other names
Field, Evan
Birthdate
1934
Gender
female
Education
Barnard College
New York University (MA)
New York University (PhD)
Occupations
film critic
Organizations
New York University
Short biography
co-wrote What Nigel Knew with Marjorie Rosen, 1942- under the pseudonym "Evan Field".

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This is a solid book examining the various ways in which film adaptations of novels have succeeded or not, and why. The films examined are necessarily not current, given that the book was written in 1985, but that really matters less than it seems. Ms. Boyum makes her points with illustrations from book and movie, but does so in a way that the reader doesn't have to be familiar with either work to understand the points she makes about film adaptation. Lots of thoughtful suggestions about what makes a successful and 'artistic' film adaptation of a novel and why.… (more)
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