Wilde's fairy tales, film adaptations
Wilde's fairy tales, film adaptations.Three of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales have been filmed in their own right, one of them twice; and one of the three is positioned in a biographical film as a commentary on parts of Wilde's life.
The Selfish Giant (Canada/USA, 1972), was the first of a trio to reach the screen in adaptations, co‐produced by the Reader's Digest Association, which strive, within the parameters of a 25‐minute animation, to be faithful to Wilde's text. A narrator tells the story of a lovely garden where children play until the owner, a giant, comes home from a seven‐year absence. He immediately drives the children away, puts up ‘Keep Out’ signs, and barricades himself in. The result of this selfishness is that Spring and Summer never come to the garden: instead there is always Snow and Frost. Eventually, the children creep back through a hole in the wall; then the birds and flowers and sun return. The giant, realizing how...
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