re: Dangerous Liaisons. I took an intertexuaity class at SF State where we we watched this American movie and read the original French novel (translated). We might have read the English play, too... I forget. We did similar things w the Don Juan story (read a text, studied the Don Giovanni opera film directed by Josesh Losey) and Carmen.
what a great freaking class that was.
no hate for Jane, from me. if you have to play just two chords on a guitar, this ain't bad.