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December 26, 2008
Defining a Dramatic Structure for Defiance
Adapting a scholarly tome into a dramatic narrative retelling for the big screen is no easy task; how does one take a detailed, rather dry account of historical facts and translate that into a movie with character arcs, dramatic flow and dialogue, keeping true to the soul of the source material while creating a film that will appeal on a more emotive level? Such was the task Edward Zwick and co-writer Clayton Frohman faced in adapting the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans.
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Posted by kvoynar at December 26, 2008 09:55 AM
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