Reel 62a: Subversive Adaptations, pt.1
Words and Movies
English - October 18, 2023 02:14 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFilm History TV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We've covered several different kinds of adaptations, and the one thing that they have in common is that they're in some way faithful to their source material. This time around, not so much.
And that's why this episode is titled "Subversive Adaptations." In these two films, the intent of some portion of the original story has been turned on its head to give you a similar story, but perhaps with a different point of view, or to present a different message from the source.
We begin with Kiss Me Deadly, from 1955. Robert Aldrich set out specifically to attack the right-wing ethos of Mickey Spillane's story, and we benefit from a constant romp of action and intrigue from beginning to end.
In Part Two, we'll look at 1997's Starship Troopers.
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