Conscience's De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (The Lion of Flanders) and Its Adaptation to Film by Claus

Willems, Gertjan

doi:10.7771/1481-4374.2318

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“…Again, this emphasis on fidelity to the literary source work was fully in line with the broader adaptation policy of the BRT during the second half of the twentieth century (see, e.g. Willems 2014).…”

Section: Institutional Impact On the Radio Playmentioning

confidence: 74%

Radio drama as art and industry: A case study on the textual and institutional entanglements of the radio play The Slow Motion Film

Willems

2020

Radio Journal:International Studies in Broadcast &Amp; Audio Media

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This article argues that in order to obtain a deeper comprehension of the radio play as a work of art, one should complement the dominant method of textual analysis with industry analysis. This argument is illustrated by means of a case study on the 1967 Belgian radio play The Slow Motion Film. This radio play is an adaptation (in fact, a re-adaptation as there had been radio adaptations in 1940 and 1950) of the innovative theatre play The Slow Motion Film (1922) by Herman Teirlinck. In order to explain the creative choices of the radio play, which are largely based on the pursuit of fidelity to the source work, the institutional aspect is of great importance. The goal of honouring Teirlinck and highlighting the cultural-historical importance of his work fitted within the broader cultural-educational mandate of the public broadcaster, which prevented a more inventive adaptation. This article argues that in order to gain a better understanding of the radio play as a text, the industrial context also needs to be studied. Furthermore, this article contributes to the largely unwritten history of the radio play in the Low Countries.

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Section: Institutional Impact On the Radio Playmentioning

confidence: 74%

Radio drama as art and industry: A case study on the textual and institutional entanglements of the radio play The Slow Motion Film

Willems

2020

Radio Journal:International Studies in Broadcast &Amp; Audio Media

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“…The Lion of Flanders is an adaptation of Hendrik Conscience's historical epic of the same name about the Battle of the Golden Spurs, a novel published in 1838, which had since evolved into a sort of Flemish national bible. Whereas in Woman in a Twilight Garden, director André Delvaux and screenwriter Ivo Michiels sketch a balanced image of a dark page in the history of Flemish nationalism, the nuance is hard to find in The Lion of Flanders (Willems, 2014). The romantic-nationalist film provides a selective, ahistorical representation of the past that glorifies the victory of the 'good Flemish people' over the 'bad French people'.…”

Section: The Flemish Movement As a Film Themementioning

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The nation on and beyond the screen: A history of film and nation‐building in Flanders

Willems

Winkel

Biltereyst

2020

Nations and Nationalism

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Most research on the relationship between film and nationbuilding focuses on the content of films (the nation on the screen). Much less common is research on the structural organisation of the film sector (the nation beyond the screen). This article argues for a combined focus in order to gain deeper insight into the relationship between film and nation-building. This is illustrated by a case study focusing on Flanders. The Flemish case shows that the relationship between film and nation-building is dynamic and multiple.There is a clear evolution from a Belgian, French-speaking film sector to a separate Flemish film sector. This process was stimulated by the coming of sound film in the early 1930s and by political developments towards more Flemish autonomy. But while Flemish nation-building keeps growing to this day, the concept of 'Belgian cinema' has gained renewed relevance since the 2000s.

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Conscience's De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (The Lion of Flanders) and Its Adaptation to Film by Claus

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Radio drama as art and industry: A case study on the textual and institutional entanglements of the radio play The Slow Motion Film

Radio drama as art and industry: A case study on the textual and institutional entanglements of the radio play The Slow Motion Film

The nation on and beyond the screen: A history of film and nation‐building in Flanders

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