DIALECTIC OF NOVEL-SCRIPT-FILM ADAPTATION: VIY, MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS, VAMPIR-CUADECUC, THE EXORCIST III, RESIDENT EVIL

Ryota Nakanishi

Sep 2023 · Ryota Nakanishi

About this ebook

This book proves that the filmability of an original work becomes a criterion of faithful film adaptation. A theory or a theoretical work is to de-mystify illusions and misconceptions which were concocted by the ruling class ideologues. As part of RYOTA NAKANISHI’S FILM STUDIES TRILOGY (Hong Kong, China; 2021-2023), the 1st book A Study of The Three Act Structure (2021) explained the human-centric nature of The Three Act Structure as organism; the 2nd book Marxist Film Aesthetics (in Chinese; 2022) explained the nexus of Marxist aesthetics on cinema and general art practice defined as intrinsic nature / logic of an intrinsic object and dialectically turning them into specifically accurate methodology; this 3rd book (2023) is specifically written for one of the grave aesthetic issues arising in media after screening, film adaptation and its fidelity to the original. Thus, this one is for promoting media-literacy, not mainly for the pure methodology of film adaptation. 

About the author

Ryota Nakanishi is a Hong Kong writer and intelligence analyst of politics and international relations with a primary focus on Hong Kong, China since 2017.

Books: A STUDY OF THE THREE ACT STRUCTURE: THE WIZARD OF OZ, CITIZEN KANE, CASABLANCA, CHINATOWN (2021); MARXIST FILM AESTHETICS : HEGEL, MARX, ENGELS, LENIN, TROTSKY, EISENSTEIN (in Chinese, 2022); and DIALECTIC OF NOVEL-SCRIPT-FILM ADAPTATION: VIY, MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS, VAMPIR-CUADECUC, THE EXORCIST III, RESIDENT EVIL (2023).