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As a fan of the book, this work is fantastically adapted; remaining true to the source materials, and demonstrating an honest respect for the literary work.
This is the plight of Joseph Conrad's original character Kurtz who came into literary being in 1901 and subsequently referenced in TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" (Mistah Kurtz, he dead) of 1925.
Thomas Mann writes with contempt and from a distance of von Aschenbach's literary career and output; of his imperious manner, his layer-upon-layer of programmed, self-conscious behavior.
I can't comment on the accuracy of this production, historical or literary, but I can say that I enjoyed it.
Those who missed the MANY literary elements and religious allusions watched some other movie, not Bakjwi.
The literary crowd that congregates at his office is equally lacking in depth and seems concerned only with their status and success.
So many literary adaptations are disappointments.
This time it was those zanie (for a temporary lack of a better word) Coens doing "their thing" to one of the great works in literary history.
Such bold exposure to an old reality is evocative of literary giants like Tolstoy or Shakespeare while at the same time entertaining in the manner of a C. S. Forester or Patrick O'Brian sea saga.
First of all, I believe that this movie is much more appreciated by viewers who have actually read Joseph Conrad's "Heart Of Darkness", the book that was the literary basis for the movie.
Those who would consider this just another war movie need to give a detailed look to all the literary elements that are entwined with this film, because there is a great amount of meaning behind it all.
In conjunction with a study of the novel itself, "...Caged Bird..." can be used as an independent literary study or as an introduction to TKM.
He does however feature as an important poet / musician in my literary / musical heritage.
Burton is married to a literary critic who spends her evenings penning poisonous reviews and who treats her husband with total contempt.
If by any chance you should wish to read a book about schoolboys who did buck the system rather more successfully than Mr McDowell and his friends and furthermore lived to tell the tale,find a copy of "Stalky & Co."written by the man whose much-maligned poem "If" lent it's name to Mr Anderson's film,a man born in colonial India,a man whose work is quietly being airbrushed out of our literary history.And do it before the chattering classes succeed in declaring him a non-person.Perhaps somebody should start a revolution about that.
Sharpe was too narrowly drawn here, in contrast with his literary alter ego, who seems more intelligent and determined despite his apprehension in his new role as an officer promoted from the ranks.
This film made me so angry! Britain's literary history is something to be proud of for its richness, complexity and power.
I literary asked for a refund.
The rubric of the club story is useful and would have provided a new take on the literary classic.
The only way Diaz could possibly have survived this movie was by means of this literary device commonly used by bad writers.
Necessarily ridiculous film version the literary classic "Moby Dick".
They're like the equivalent of a carton of McDonald's fries--they taste Really good and you know there's not much nutritional value in them (re: from a literary standpoint, they don't say much about the universal human condition), but you're still gonna scarf 'em down, just don't be a pig and go for the extra-super-sized portion and fill up on too much grease ("too much grease" is a metaphor for the prose in King's novels when find yourself reading one of them and saying come on--enough with the pop-cultural observations or clever Yankee asides--get on with the story already!)
Tarzan the Ape Man is a remake of the 1932 film of the same time, and like that earlier film, it has little resemblance to Burroughs' literary character.
I thought that a literary piece of such depth, with a rich tapestry of characters, horrid situations, and social critique could not translate into a bad movie.
In this glorious telling of a weekend shared among literary greats.
The literary genius of Vladimir Navokov is brought to the screen again and many in the cultured world will take notice.
"Cats", "Phantom of the Opera", and other Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals can be considered metaphorical, as they use literary works as their framework.
By poetry I mean the sense in which the literary and the cinematic come into play.
There is something very literary about the film, almost as if a novel has been adapted page by page to screen.
No special effects, no swashbuckling, just brilliant story-telling based on a literary classic by Alice Walker.
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