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To: epicure who wrote (260)4/16/1998 8:27:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) of 1340
 
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I find it interesting that you include The Dead in your list of favorite films. I thought it was great as well, but if you hadn't read Joyce's story, you might just think it's a boring period piece. Indeed the story is essentially plotless, but the d‚nouement is such a powerful piece of literary work that I couldn't believe that Huston outdid the written work with cinema. Gabriel's speech in the end,with its alliterative references to snow -- falling faintly, faintly falling... falling softly, softly falling -- is overshot with some fantastic imagery. We actually see the snow falling over those places Joyce writes about, the bog, the graveyard. An incredibly powerful adaptation. Just my thoughts.

Jack
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