Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)

The Grand Budapest Hotel: An Uncommon Adaptation of the World of Yesterday

Authors
Ziyan Li1, *
1School of Theater, Film and Television. Communication University of China. Beijing. China. 100024.
*Corresponding author. Email: 2694652164@qq.com
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Ziyan Li
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.098How to use a DOI?
Keywords
The Grand Budapest Hotel; Wes Anderson; Stefan Zweig; The World of Yesterday; Adaptation
Abstract

Wes Anderson’s film The Grand Budapest Hotel is an unconventional adaptation of writer Zweig’s memoir The World of Yesterday and his personal experiences. The film has its own original story but retains the central thrust of the memoir. This thesis will discuss how Wes Anderson represents three important motifs from Zweig’s book through the plot of the film, which are the sorrow for the dislocated lives of the refugees, the nostalgia for the spirit of classical Europe and the condemnation of the Nazis. The main subjects of this thesis are the film The Grand Budapest Hotel and the memoir The World of Yesterday. They are going to be researched by a close reading of texts. Some of the ways in which adaptations from literary works to film productions can be found as a result.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-512-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.098How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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