TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1 -- TRANSLATION, ADAPTATION, TRANSPOSITION -- LITERATURE AND CINEMA -- FROM LITERATURE TO FILM -- VADETECUM -- SECTION 2 -- TARCHETTI'S FOSCA AND SCOLA'S PASSIONE D'AMORE -- ARCHIBUGI, A "WRITER" ON THE SET -- CRISTINA COMENCINI, NOVELIST AND FILMMAKER -- OF BODY AND SOUL -- FRANCESCO ROSI'S LA TREGUA -- SECTION 3 -- ENGENDERING FIDELITY -- LOOK WHO'S TALKING -- UNTYING THE TANGLE -- DOG BITES DOG -- VISCONTI'S MELANCHOLIES BETWEEN MARCEL PROUST AND MARIO PRAZ -- A WRITER CANNOT BELIEVE TWO STORIES AT ONCE -- SECTION 4 -- BEYOND THE FIGURATIVE -- FASCISM FROM STAGE TO SCREEN -- HOW TO DEAL WITH FEMALE PENETRATION AND NOT DIE IN THE ATTEMPT -- WITH EYES WIDE SHUT -- DECLARES PEREIRA -- SECTION 5 -- THE AMPHIBOLIC NATURE OF PASOLINI'S THEOREM(S) -- ROMANZO CRIMINALE -- IMPROVISATION AND NOVELISATION IN THE RECASTING OF ITALIAN IDENTITY IN NON CI RESTA CHE PIANGERE -- TEXT-IMAGE, DEPARTURE AND RETURN -- CONTRIBUTORS.