from Part VIII - Roth’s Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
Eight of Roth’s works have been adapted into films, with mixed success. A film version of Goodbye, Columbus was released in 1969, followed by an adaptation of Portnoy’s Complaint. Aside from a TV version of The Ghost Writer in 1984, Roth’s work was largely absent in Hollywood until it received a “revival” of sorts decades later, with film versions of The Human Stain, The Dying Animal, The Humbling, and American Pastoral. In 2014, Listen Up, Philip! was also released – a film not based on a particular work of Roth’s but clearly inspired by Roth and his work in a number of ways. This chapter will provide an overview of these adaptations and their receptions, while also shedding light on the challenges of translating Roth into film.
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