The Green Knight and the Absent Author
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Pippa and KJ are back again, and this time discussing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and its 2021 adaptation directed by David Lowery. Listen on as we examine what it means to adapt or translate a poem whose original author has been lost time, and bringing your own biography to the text. Website: https://adaptordiepod.wixsite.com/mysite Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adaptordiepod Cover art by Jess Rubio. Music by Isabel Forden. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Simon Armitage In Our Time - Podcast - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001kr8 Indiewire: David Lowery Almost Quit Filmmaking Before ‘Green Knight’ Release - https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-green-knight-david-lowery-interview-1234654659/ Vanity Fair: Director David Lowery on The Green Knight’s Eerie Influences - https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/the-green-knight-david-lowery-preview-dev-patel-willow-influences
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