As for CRIME & PUNISHMENT, I lost count trying to sum it up there--it's safely over forty versions (including, of course, FEAR). IMDB stalwart cineanalyst has culled together 24 films that reference it (which include Woody Allen's several borrowings). It's an interesting list, and he's a fan of FEAR--but not of "slow cinema," as you'll see in his review of the Filipino adaptation that he thinks follows Bela Tarr off a cliff.
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls095313185/?ref_=uspf_t_7
All in all, there's impressive historical range here (all the way back to the silents, all the way up to the 2010. Calling Robert Bresson a "New Wave director," however, is more than a stretch...
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