Golden Oldie
Quite simply in my humble opinion one of the best films ever made. Obviously full credit goes to Dickens for the story, but evrything else is spot on. The way this is shot is just ahead of its time.
shareI agrre 100%, I just watched it for the second time, after the first I didn't welcome it with a warm reception. But now I believe it to b one of the greatest movies ever.
Mills gives a superb performance and as for Lean:
I am director myself, and in my humble opinion, the films that I make in my head are masterpiece's, the difficult part of my job is to materialise them and as yet have only ever directed one scene that followed my thoughts. After many iscussions with other director's they have the same problem. They can think great movies, but can't make them.
From the immensely detailed descriptions by Dickens, Lean has manged to materialise it, few moments do differ from what Dickens would have probably visioned in his head, of course there were differences in the script but those scenes that remain faithful to the novel are portryed with absolute exellence.
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It's my favourite Dickens adaption as well as my favourite David Lean film (I prefer it so much more than his epics). From the spellbinding first scene in the graveyard to the dramatic finale, everything about this film is SUPERB and UNFORGETTABLE. I started reading the novel in late '96 and though I never got further than chapter 9 (not that I didn't like it, I'm just a terrible reader!) it seemed to me that Lean had perfectly captured the essense of the story.
Crisso
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