tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10191335.post3800552384378389618..comments2024-03-26T11:38:55.950+02:00Comments on Antti Alanen: Film Diary: Monte-Cristo I–II (Henri Fescourt 1929) (2006 reconstruction, Lenny Borger, ZZ Productions, ARTE)Antti Alanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267725389217994597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10191335.post-79557354398788290722017-04-24T23:29:32.993+03:002017-04-24T23:29:32.993+03:00Hi Antti
I had the pleasure of seeing Fescourt'...Hi Antti<br />I had the pleasure of seeing Fescourt's Les Miserables at the Barbican Theatre yesterday. It was a digital copy of the recent restoration. 397 minutes. I really enjoyed it. The musical score by Neil Brand was exceptional and made me realise how important music to silent cinema. The film just wouldn't be the same without it. It is certainly one of the best adaptations of the novel even though it is still missing some scenes from the book. <br /><br />I was a little bit less impress with Monte Cristo. It is a good movie but I don't like that they left out the character of Danglars and merged him with Caderousse (all the French movie versions that followed this did the same). Also missing is the serial poisoner subplot, which was crucial to Dantes realising that his quest for revenge had gone too far.<br /><br />You are right that Les Miserables and Monte Cristo have a similar plot but both owe their existence to another classic French melodrama: The Mysteries of Paris (Mysteres de Paris) by Eugene Sue. I believe there have been quite a few film versions of this too.<br /><br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10542472300286767626noreply@blogger.com