John Huston's Wise Blood (1980) : On Southern Prophets and Con Men

Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris (1)

1 CREA (EA 370) - Centre de Recherches Anglophones

Literally framing "Hazel the desperate believer" (Tarantino, 15) in Wise Blood, John Huston inscribes on screen with surprising restraint O'Connor's Gothic South of religious hysteria. His documentary-like but also paranoid capture retains the same strange and humorous quality as that of the Catholic author of the source novel. How then is it captured on screen by a self-proclaimed non-believer ? And which kind of strange unenlightened prophets and con men does the filmic narrative bring to the fore ?

Mots clés: adaptation; faux prophètes; grotesques gothiques; hystérie religieuse sudiste; John Huston; Wise Blood

Domaines: Littératures; Linguistique; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Anne-Marie Paquet-Deyris. John Huston's Wise Blood (1980) : On Southern Prophets and Con Men. Mise au Point, 2015, Les enjeux des études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles : Théories, méthodes, idéologies, finalités (7), ⟨10.4000/map.1845⟩. ⟨hal-01640448⟩