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Tracing the adaptation histories of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's novel Venus in Furs, Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde, and Frank Wedekind's play Lulu, Julian Preece explores how these works were censored, celebrated, and adapted for the screen from pre-World War I Austria to modern day United States.
Through case studies of filmmakers like Max Ophüls, G.W. Pabst, and Roman Polanski, this book explores how directors have used sexual themes to push boundaries and critique societal norms. From Pandora's Box (1929) to La Ronde (1950), these films captured shifting attitudes toward sex, confronting issues such as Nazism, Hollywood censorship under the Hays Code, and the AIDS crisis. Preece also highlights how marginalised voices—particularly women and minorities—have fought for sexual rights on and off the screen.
This compelling analysis will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested in the intersection of film, literature, and sexuality. Adapting Sex on Screen provides a nuanced and engaging look at how cinematic portrayals of sex have both reflected and shaped social change, making it an essential resource for understanding the ongoing cultural significance of these provocative works.
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: How Can Books Have Cinematic Biographies?
Chapter One
Source Texts: Controversy and Control
1. Philosophy in the Bedroom: The early years of Venus in Furs
2. Welcome to the Dance: the first steps of Reigen
3. From Page to Stage: the many lives of Lulu
Chapter Two
Weimar: Prohibition and Experiment
1. Reigen is prosecuted in Berlin and Vienna
2. Literary afterlives of Venus in Furs
3. Lulu on the Silent Screen
4. Nazis and the End of Freedom
Chapter Three
Restoration: Screening Sex Postwar
1. Venus and Furs under cover
2. Reigen in No Man's Land
3. Lulu revived, or Louise Brooks forever
Chapter Four
Sploitation: Emancipation in the Marketplace
1. Battle over Wanda
2. Reigen ambushed by the Sex Wave
3. From Life to Art and Art to Life
Chapter Five
Avantgarde: Feminisms and Alternative Sexualities
1. Radicalism Redux
2. Lulu liberated?
3. Wanda empowered?
4. Reigen Reclaimed?
Chapter Six
Indie: AIDS, La Ronde, and States of the Nation
1. Lulu goes to America
2. Polanski's Prequel to Venus in Fur
3. Transatlantic Reigen
(i) Snapshots of the City: New York, Toronto, L.A.
(ii) Broken Catalonia
(iii) American Personal
(iv) Return to Berlin
(v) Machismo mexicano
Chapter Seven
Heritage: Lulu's Escape, Wanda's Revenge and the Senator's Smile
