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Investigatingthe adaption in cinematic adoption of )Captain khorshid directed by Naser taghvaie from the novel of Hemingway to have and have not(

Abstract

‘To have and have not’ by Ernest Hemingway and ‘Captain Khorshid’ by Naser Taghvaie, which has been rated as one of the best movies in the history of Iranian cinema by many critics, were used as two well known instances to investigate adaptation of movies from literary works.

The present study attempts to investigate how an Iranian director attempts to adapt a movie from an American Novel and produce it in Kong, located in Hormozgan, in the south of Iran, and to see how the local elements and universal functions of such a movie receives considerable attention. This study is based on the views of Richard Krivolin and Robert Portman about adaptation in cinema. This investigation is hoped to help the Iranian directors in improving the quality of their movies. The results of this study show how Taghvaie has benefited from his deep understanding of both literature and cinema in localizing an American novel and creating a different location. Taghvaie has recreated the novel through changing its narrative expression into a visual expression.