The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.12 of 52: Frank Norris’ Two Hearts That Beat as One
12 of 52: Frank Norris' Two Hearts That Beat as One Frank Norris wrote American classic McTeague which was made into the silent masterpiece Greed. I have picked his short story Two Hearts That Beat as One as the 12th of our short story adaptations in our 52 shorts in...
11 of 52: Willa Cather’s The Bookkeeper’s Wife
11 of 52: Willa Cather's The Bookkeeper's Wife Willa Cather's story The Bookkeeper's Wife is the tale of a reliable employee who suddenly becomes a thief. You can read it here. Keep checking back daily for new story announcements and more from Running Wild Films....
100 CRIME FILMS: THE KILLING (1956)
Here is the 3rd of our video blog series 100 CRIME FILMS:
100 CRIME FILMS: BODY HEAT (1981)
Here is the 2nd in our video blog series 100 CRIME FILMS.
10 of 52: James Joyce’s Eveline
10 of 52: James Joyce's Eveline James Joyce's Eveline is a fascinating story about a young woman caught between ties to her abusive father and her impending marriage. It is an interesting study about women that resonates still today. You can read it here. Keep...
9 of 52: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe
9 of 52: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the classical novel A Scarlet Letter, one of the founding fathers of American literature. Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe is about the power of word of mouth. You can read the...
8 of 52: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado
8 of 52: Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado According to Wikipedia, The Cask of Amontillado is "set in a nameless Italian city in an unspecified year (possibly in the 18th century) and is about the narrator's deadly revenge on a friend whom he believes has...
7 of 52: James Joyce’s Araby
7 of 52: James Joyce's Araby James Joyce's Araby is a coming of age story about an Irish boy who goes through a loss of innocence. You can read the story here. Keep checking back daily for new story announcements and more from Running Wild Films. -Travis Mills
6 of 52: D.H. Lawrence’s You Touched Me
6 of 52: D.H. Lawrence's You Touched Me D.H. Lawrence is one of the most important British writers in history. Among many novels he wrote some short stories. You Touched Me, which tells the story of two sisters and a long-lost brother/orphan's tension over their...
5 of 52: Stephen Crane’s A Desertion
5 of 52: Stephen Crane's A Desertion Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage, one of the most famous war novels ever written and still probably the quintessential Civil War book. He was also a writer of short stories and considered by literary scholars to be one...
