Centred on John Huston's last film The Dead, his 1987 adaptation of James Joyce's short story, this wide-ranging and eclectic collection offers a prolific intersection of Irish literature and American cinema. The multiple draft scripts of the film offer insights about the film and the director's wide-ranging oeuvre; nearly all of Huston's 37 features are literary adaptations. The material will contribute to the rich vein of debate already developed by various scholars on Huston.
