In this class we will watch several crime films and read the novels or stories they are based on. We will consider the differences between cinematic and textual narratives and focus on the techniques employed in both forms to achieve emotional impact and thematic resonance. Possible films & their adaptations that will be studied: Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game adapted as Wim Wenders’s The American Friend; Julio Cortazar’s “Blow Up” adapted by Michelangelo Antonioni; Tim Krabbe’s “The Golden Egg” adapted as George Sluizer’s The Vanishing; Dorothy Hughes’s In a Lonely Place adapted by Nicholas Ray; Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “In a Grove” adapted as Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon. This list, however, is provisional & likely to change.