From "Killings" to IN THE BEDROOM: notes on an adaptation


It is instructive to compare the story strategies of the Dubus short story "Killings" with the story strategy of the movie based on it, In the Bedroom.

Story strategy of "Killings"

Story strategy of IN THE BEDROOM

Note the following:

What do these differences say about the principles of filmic storytelling? Note that the changes are in the direction of a tighter focus and greater simplicity of the central drama.


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