1.7 《百年孤独》： 从书架到荧屏.docxVIP

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OneHundredYearsof?solitude：Fromtheshelftothe?couch

Netflixhopesgreat?literature?can?translate?intogreattelevision

【1】ITWOULDBEhard,GabrielGarcíaMárquezthought,todo?justice?tothe?surreal,?sprawling?taleonscreen.Byhis?reckoning,“OneHundredYearsof?solitude”,his?landmark?novelof?1967,wouldneedaruntimeof?100?hours;itwouldalsohavetobe?filmed?inColombia,entirelyinSpanish.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【2】Netflix,withthesupportofMárquez’s?estate,has?honoured?twoofthosethreeproclamations.The?streamer?boaststhatitsnew?adaptation?ofMárquez’snovel—thefirstonscreen—is“oneofthemostambitious?productions?inLatinAmericanhistory”.(“Ambitious”isalsoa?synonym?for“expensive”:Netflixwillnot?reveal?thebudgetbutclaimsitisthelargesteverforaproductioninthe?region.)Butkeepinginmindhowmuch?solitude?viewers?actuallywant,ithasoptedto?compress?Márquez’snovelinto?16?episodes,withthefirst?tranche?released?onDecember?11th.

【3】Thebookpresentsa?formidable?challengetofilm-makersfortworeasons.Oneisitsstatus:manythink“OneHundredYearsof?solitude”wasthegreatestnovelofthe?20thcentury.IthelpedMárqueztowintheNobelprizein?literature?in?1982?andhassoldsome?50mcopiesworldwide.With?affection?comes?expectation.WhentheTVshowwasannounced,fansonlinewerequickto?express?theirfearsaboutanoversimplified,“caricatured”retelling.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【4】Those?remarks?pointtotheothertestfor?adaptors,whichisthenovel’s?sheer?complexity.Setinaround?1850-1950,thebook?traces?the?fortunes?oftheBuendíafamilyacrossseveralgenerations,fromthetimeJoséArcadioandhiswife,úrsula,establishthetownofMacondotothemomenttheirlast?descendant?dies,withcivilwar,?modernisation,economic