Which, In your opinion, of these two films is better?, To Kill A Mockingbird directed by Robert Mulligan or The Intruder directed by Roger Corman. Both films were released the same year and both deal with the same theme, prejudice, but both do it in a slightly different way. At least as far as I am aware I've only seen the Intruder I haven't actually seen TKAMB.
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I bet one was widely marketed and one wasn't. And I think The Intruder is a bit more daring in the subject and that is why I am sure most people never even heard of this movie. To Kill a Mockingbird was a great movie and The Intruder is not even in the same category, but I think the The Intruder gets to the point quicker and more direct.
shareTo Kill A Mockingbird" dealt with the same subject but in a more sympathetic way... this movie "Shame" aka "The Intruder" was just plain showing you the vileness and insidious nature of Racism back in the day... and now i suppose... *Sigh*
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They're making a big deal this month (April 2012) about TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD's 50th Anniversary, with President Obama recruited to introduce a TV showing of it. THE INTRUDER's 50th is next month and no one will say a word about it. Yet THE INTRUDER was the most honest and unflinching film about racial violence to come out during the Civil Rights era. It's a shame it's never gotten its due.
shareI would say To Kill a Mockingbird may be more accessible since it has a lot of great traditional characters. I remember enjoying the film a lot as a kid. However, I think it lacks deeper cinematic value, though I can't quite put my finger on it. I guess it's the director, Mulligan, who's not really an auteur. No offense though, To Kill a Mockingbird is still an interesting film which I will probably watch in the future.
Although The Intruder is not perfect in its open idealism against racism, I would say it's more interesting than To Kill a Mockingbird from a historical point of view. Besides, even if The Intruder was "preachy", it doesn't feed the viewer with an easy answer, bearing the ending in mind. My vote goes to The Intruder. Maybe also because it's the best film by Corman I've seen.
The Intruder is better, by a long shot. To Kill A Mockingbird is a wonderful novel but I disliked the film adaptation. It took me by surprise because I usually like the films from that time period, But everything in it was incredibly tamed and dull and unconvincing, while The Intruder on the other hand is still riveting, uncompromising and powerful.
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Certainly got more out of the fiercer and somewhat more nuanced The Intruder than Mockingbird`s overblown southern melodrama. Was surprised how carefully the characters were observed where it would have been so easy to reduce them either to full-on hollering hillbilly caricatures (well, I suppose some of the largely no-speaking extras were a bit guilty of that) or saintly do-gooders. What Corman sold here, I bought.
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To kill a mockingbird was a high budget production with probably 50 takes a line while the intruder is directed by roger corman notorious for his micro budget productions and 3 take shooting. This is corman's masterpiece and I think you would be hard pressed to find a better film shot under such circumstances.
shareI think To Kill A Mockingbird is better acted and filmed, but The Intruder tells the story that Harper Lee originally tried to tell with her earlier book, just released, entitled Go Set a Watchman, that confronts the reality of brutal US Southern racism and white supremacy much more directly. Had she published that book instead of To Kill a Mockingbird, I doubt she would have become as famous or celebrated. That said, I love Gregory Peck's performance in TKAM. It's one for the ages.
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