The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: The Film of the Book
Abstract
Clancy examines Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Thomas Keneally's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, considering the difficulties the novel's plot and technique present the filmmaker and how Schepisi overcame these difficulties.
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Published 1 May 1979 in Volume 9 No. 1. Subjects: Film scripts & screenplays, Literary adaptations, Novels & novelists, Tom Keneally.
Cite as: Clancy, Jack. ‘The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: The Film of the Book.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1979, doi: 10.20314/als.92af93679d.