>joanna wrote:
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>>Having said that, I
>>still think B. Lyndon was a faithful rendition. The other really good
>>novel-to-movie was the recent "Sense and Sensibility." Ang Lee director;
>>script by Emma Thompson.
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>The heart of any Austen novel is the relationship between narrator and
>reader, embodied in the prose. No matter how faithful the story is
>translated the novel is left completely behind. That was the case with
>S&S. No sense of danger in the film. In fact, the more faithful the
>rendition of the story, the more static between film and novel. Of
>course, Austen had not yet quite mastered her craft in S&S.
>
Another instance of complete agreement. Still, Emma Thompson was lovely
in the role and her script was good.
Joanna