FILM

'Human Stain' From Page to Screen: Self-Invention to Self-Revelation

By JULIA M. KLEIN

The art of film adaptation involves purposeful distortion. Even the most faithful adaptations of the most cinematic novels require compression and concision -- which lead, in turn, to restructuring, new scenes, changed characters. Like translators of poetry, adapters face a dilemma: Should one opt for literal meaning, or for what...

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