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“I have been rather brutal with the text”: behind the scenes on Terence Davies’s art of adaptation
Following his autobiographical films, Terence Davies directed a run of four sublime adaptations, including The House of Mirth and Sunset Song. His personal archive sheds fascinating light on his writing processes – and some cherished projects which never made it to the screen.
By Marc David Jacobs
“I have been rather brutal with the text”: behind the scenes on Terence Davies’s art of adaptation