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A conversation with renowned German writer/director Hans W. Geissendörfer, who adapted two of Highsmith’s novels for the big screen: The Glass Cell (1978) and Edith’s Diary (1983). Geissendörfer talks about how he initially came across Highsmith as a reader, the process of adapting her works to the screen, and memories of his personal encounters with the author.
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Geissendörfer, H.W. (2018). “Highsmith Really Writes Films”. In: Schwanebeck, W., McFarland, D. (eds) Patricia Highsmith on Screen. Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96050-0_16
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