--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >joanna wrote:
> >
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >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
>
Very interesting comment, Carrol. The same would
apply in the case of Henry James, I imagine, and
explain why films of his novels have been duds too.
Bob
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