Directed by Volker Schlondorff, the 1985 version of the film follows the play almost word by word following a runtime of 130 minutes. The first version (black and white) of the film was released in 1951. The Second film adaptation of Miller’s Death Of A Salesman premiered on 16th August,1985.
Life in American popular culture was sweet to look at but the matter of fact remained that only a few could live up to its expectations. The discontent of Willy and his fall into uncertainty, both physical and mental, cover the truth of the American white collar class. Instead of working to be successful in all spheres of life, the Americans were attempting to be wealthy. This work was well known on the grounds that it shed light on what numerous Americans felt about the unreasonable weight they had on their shoulders of achieving success. Willy completely ignores the importance of diligence and handwork which are the real stepping stones to achieving success or “The American Dream”.
As the plot unwinds, what is uncovered is Willy’s false notion of the ‘American Dream”, that by being well liked an individual can attain riches, material success and satisfaction. Willy Loman, the play’s hero, is a salesman whose living off commission and is struggling to keep up with his family’s standard of living. The play has been viewed generally as one of America’s most acclaimed dramatic works. A director works on condensing the film to a certain time frame in order to attract the attention of the audience because a majority of people are accustomed to a certain time frame and moreover nobody wants to watch a film which is too lengthy.Īrthur Miller wrote “Death of a Salesman, in the years following the Second World War. The main argument which Stam makes is that while watching film adaptations of literary works, one must not compare his or her personal reading of the work or how much in tone is the film to the novel with the director’s because films exhibit a certain economic value which is determined by the audience and the director’s innovation. In a film, the audiences witness the happenings through the perspective of the director. Whereas film adaptions inhibit moving photographs, sound, music and the written materials of the text which act as the director’s resources for expression.
A written work consists of a single material expression, the writer’s contemplations and is able to create depth in the mind of the readers, where every individual is able to create his or her perspective on the work. Robert Stam, in his essay “Beyond Fidelity: The Dialogics of Adaptation” has explained the concept of converting a single track medium (book) into a multitrack medium ( movie) and how now must take into consideration the various facts which revolve around such a task.
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