Board Thread:Debating Club/@comment-839630-20140829113041/@comment-839630-20140829140227

I know what you mean,

it is difficult to do a close adap and keep the audience entertained at the same time. they are two different mediums after all. The bbc did a fairly close adap for anne of avonlea. anne of the island does need more than two episodes though (it is one of my favorites so i am biased).

I would love to see nippon animation do the other anne books to. they did before green gables/konnichiwa anne so that is somthing

the 1940 film isnt generally available but it is interesting to compare it with sullivans attempt at windy poplars. I have a copy which i can send to you along with some others.

i have the reconstructed 1919 film (which was supposed to have ben based on the first three books but you dont really get a sence of this) Bala did a very good job with the limited amount of matarial that has suvived though.

the 1934 film

the 1940 windy willows/poplars

the 1979 akage no an

the 1972 anne of avonlea

the 1982 I know a secret (its a short)

the first two sullivan series

konnichiwa anne

emily girl of the wind

the other emily series is not available in r2 format so I have yet to see it in full. i used to watch road to avonlea when it aired on Irish tv in the 90s. i also saw sullivans adap of jane of lantern hill.

have you seen the recent BBC adaptation of sence and sensibility? I was really pleased with it.