adaptation

Adaptations of Kafka's Metamorphosis have had varying degrees of success. The beginning of Kafka's text forces us to see events unfold from Gregor Samsa's perspective and evoke a sense of empathy from the reader. Translating the text to a visual narrative creates a very different response from the audience. Something is always lost in translation. A reworking or re- imagining of the original text is required to adapt it to a visual medium.



Robert Crumb's Kafka, 2005

Part illustrated biography, part comic adaptation.





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Caroline Leaf The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa, 1977. Animation.








http://www.carolineleaf.com/

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Steven Berkoff's stage adaptation of The Metamorphosis





Filmed version, 1987 (Dir. Jim Goddard)


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