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A short film,
enhanced "behind the scenes" features and an
interview with Susan Swan, focused on the novel What Casanova Told
Me (Knopf Canada) aired on 'BRAVO!FACT PRESENTS'
on the Bravo television network, September 2004. The BookShort
about Swan's novel is the first of a new film
genre destined "to capture the spirit of a book
in moving images" and has been used as a means
by which to draw even more visibility to Susan's
work, through television, festivals, and on computer screens
online in bookstore kiosks.
For more information on the Casanova BookShort
see www.bookshorts.com
See the online teaser of the short
here...and an
alternate
Susan Swan's novel, The Wives of Bath,
was made into the feature film entitled Lost
and Delirious. It made its debut at the
Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and
has since been sold to 32 countries, including
Canada and the U.S. Film critic Roger Ebert picked it as one of the best independent
films of 2001, reviewing it as "one
of the most carefully crafted, most professional
films...the characters are enormously interesting
and likeable and gorgeous."
The
Biggest
Modern Woman
of the World,
about Nova
Scotian
giantess
Anna Swan
who
exhibited
with P.T.
Barnum in
NYC, has
been
optioned by
Triptych
Media.
Swan's views
on
book-to-film
adaptations
can be found
in the new
prologue to
The Wives of
Bath reprint
(Key Porter,
2002).
Susan Swan’s multi-disciplinary work in theater, combining her writing and performance talents, began in the mid-1970’s and continues through to her work in multimedia and film today. A complete history of her work can be found in her comprehensive Curriculum Vitae in the About Susan Swan section of this web site. We have included a few interesting highlights below.
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What
Casanova
Told Me
- The
Short
Film
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Lost and Delirious -
The Movie
•
The
Biggest
Modern
Woman of
the
World
-
Triptych
Film
Adaptation
•
Sexual Gothic: An Evening of Erotic & Dramatic Literature
•
Books
and Stories
Available for
Film Options
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Find out more about Lost and Delirious at the Internet Movie DataBase here.
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Lost and Delirious – based on the bestselling novel The Wives of Bath, directed by Lea Pool and starring Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré and Mischa Barton.
Susan Swan’s gothic tale of sexual longing and repression at a boarding school for proper young ladies comes to the big screen in a critically acclaimed production renamed Lost and Delirious. Renowned film critic Roger Ebert called it “one of the most carefully crafted, most professional films...at this year’s Sundance Film Festival...the characters are enormously interesting and likable [and] gorgeous.”
Customer Reviews – Barnes & Noble - March 26, 2002:
Painfully Beautiful
The story this movie portrays is one of the most touching and heart-wrenching stories I've ever heard. When watching this movie, I was so caught up in the lives of these girls it was hard for me to bring myself back into my own life. I seriously believe this movie has opened my eyes to how truly important love is in this world, no matter what form it comes in.
Now available in DVD and VHS formats:
Buy the DVD: from Amazon.ca
Buy the video: from Amazon.com
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Feature Film
Adaptation
THE BIGGEST
MODERN WOMAN
OF THE WORLD
is a feature
film
screenplay
based on the
first novel
by acclaimed
Canadian
author Susan
Swan.
The story is
based on the
real life of
Victorian
giantess,
Anna Swan
(an ancestor
of Susan’s)
who stood
7’6” in her
stocking
feet. Not
knowing what
to do with
her (she was
expensive to
feed) her
parents
eventually
gave in to
P.T.
Barnum’s
request to
display her
in his New
York City
museum at
Broadway and
Spring. For
Anna,
exhibiting
herself
under the
great
showman was
a gateway to
a
successful,
international
life.
The
screenplay
is written
by John
Frizzell
(LUCKY GIRL,
LIFE WITH
BILLY, DANCE
ME OUTSIDE)
and deals
with Anna’s
struggle to
find a home
(and a life)
that fits.
It also
examines
Western
culture’s
obsession
with size
and
abnormality.
And
ultimately
it is a love
story
between‘
freaks’ and
‘normals’
whose goals
and desires
resonate
deeply with
our own.
The project
is being
developed by
the
internationally
acclaimed
TRIPTYCH
MEDIA (THE
HANGING
GARDEN,
LUCKY GIRL,
LILIES, ZERO
PATIENCE),
producer
Louise
Garfield.
Contact:
Louise
Garfield,
Producer
C/o Triptych
Media Inc.
788 King
Street West
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
M5E 1A7
Phone: 416
703 8866
Fax: 416
703 8867
Email:
louise@triptych.on.ca
http://www.triptych.on.ca
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Sexual
Gothic: An
Evening of
Erotic &
Dramatic
Literature
Susan Swan, An Evening of Sexual Gothic, (excerpts from The Wives of
Bath), Symphony Space, (New York), September 29, 1993; Stories on Stage, (Chicago), September 22, 1993; Hart House Theatre, (Toronto), September 7 & 8, 1993.
 A evening of dramatized readings that traveled to Chicago, Toronto and New York, in support of Swan's novel The Wives of
Bath, Barbara Gowdy's We So Seldom Look on Love and Eric McCormick's Birthday Present. Entitled Sexual Gothic: An Evening of Erotic & Dramatic Literature, the show involved actors in each city reading from and interpreting the author's stories, and the author’s themselves interviewed on stage by Director Isaiah Sheffer.
In Toronto: Margaret Langrick (My American Cousin) read Swan, Maureen Megabow read Gowdy, and Paul Hecht read McCormack.
In New York: Margaret Langrick (My American Cousin) read Swan, Lynn Vogt read Gowdy, and Paul Hecht read McCormack.
In Chicago: Amy Love read Swan, Wayne Brown read McCormack, and Adrianne Cury read Gowdy.
“Sexual Gothic makes the connection between literary form and theatre an explicit one” – NOW Magazine
“…expect a lot of humor…most of it black…and some thought provoking and boundary-breaking expressions of female sexuality” – The Toronto Star
Download a review from the Toronto Star (Sept. 1993):
PDF file;
393k; 1 page
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