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Anything in any way related to The Metamorphosis.

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Am 13.10.2010 um 14:29 schrieb Catalin Brylla:

> Hi Henry,
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> It would be good to have some pointers of what kafkaesque actually means (it is quite an elusive term) and/or where you set your boundaries.
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> Kafkaesque tropes:
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> Lost, Dexter (father figures)
> Amadeus (father figure)
> The Apartment (Billy Wilder; alienation, bureaucracy)
> Last Year at Marienbad (the deliberate abstraction of space and time)
> Twelve Monkeys (disorientation, absurdity, limited knowledge)
> Chinatown (limited/subjective knowledge)
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> Kafkaesque style:
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> Twin Peaks
> Lost Highway
> The Third Man
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> From: Henry M. Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 1:15:34 PM
> Subject: The kafkaesque in film
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> Hi everyone,
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> I'm searching for films that are not strictly speaking adaptations of Kafka's work, but kafkaesque in spirit, such as for example Cronenberg's take on Burroughs, Naked Lunch.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Thanks,
> Henry
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