This is not a bad film, but i really would urge anyone about to watch it to put the 2 1/2 hours towards reading the book instead! Zola's novel is a masterpiece but the film can only barely scratch the surface...
shareIt would take a leetle longer than 2 1/2 hrs though...
sharedont waste your time,people dont read,and i hope you adress your plea to non american people
We had to read this book in my high school English class. I must say, it was probably my favorite story in the long run.
shareWay to generalize *beep*
That's good. I like to viddy the old films now and again.
Just watching the film is itself very commendable. C'mon, dark and cynical, 160 minutes, with subtitles and no action? You're going to whine about people not reading instead? One who has the patience to sit through this film can read a *beep* book.
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Not a bad film? I agree. It's great!
This is the first movie, the movie poster itself, made me want to see the movie, I got the poster,and then watched the movie. And all the themes in the poster are brilliantly illuminated in the film. It's awesome. Like the movie.
Oh, I agree about the book, too. Bingo!
i heard it mentioned some american movie i was watching and it peaked my interest since the movie was about hipsters. i rented the movie (this was in the 90's) and i was never so engrossed in a movie, the actors and some who probably werent actors.
it was close to being my first foreign movie and i have never turned back. i dont enjoy fluff or movies that are all nice and pretty. i like realism. ive been hooked home foreign films ever since.
im in no way plugging another site but i just subscribed to fandor and they have tons of foreign movies and artsy ones, just a great selection. i just finished "lost in siberia" another intense movie.
anyhooooo, just wanted to share my 2 cents while enjoying my sunday afternoon.
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I read it in the early 80s but thanks for the suggestion.
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Definitely, there is so much more depth to the book. So many bits that are missed out.
Etienne and La Moquette, I may have missed her but La Pierrone does not seem to be featured, Jeanlin and the the sentry...
It would actually make a really good mini-series.
I watched it just after finishing the book, which I could not put down, and it really helped to mentally place the time and era of it all. I had actually been imagining settings and buildings far less advanced.