![]() ![]() Commerce” conversation, but not conducted as a shrill complaint but as a mature approach that recognizes how the two work hand in hand to give us the large-scale texts we know and (sometimes) love. ![]() Oh, and now might be a good time to announce that second item I wanted to make clear: textual changes are made when novels become holiday movies that are financed and distributed by big-time media publishers such as Fox. Okay, so here’s where things start to break down, and I hope you’ll forgive me as I’m still working out some of this (and welcome your input). But what of the memorable allegory about humankind and Creation, the way the story manages to evoke heaven-on-earth glory and existential reflection? ![]() So then why, after seeing it however many weeks ago, has my enthusiasm for it gradually waned? Could it be that the staying power of its spectacle has diminished? Possibly. ![]() The performances are spot-on, if not outright moving, and of course you already know that this film is beyond-stunning in visual terms. I love how literate script is, and the way it preserves the novel’s central theme of individualist (and therefore mystical) spirituality while streamlining much of the early narrative. And though the film may now be a tiny bit different than when I saw it just prior to its premiere at the New York Film Festival, I can’t imagine that its numerous strengths are gone. Please let me make one think clear from the beginning… okay, maybe two things.įirst, I like Ang Lee’s screen version of Life of Pi, which opens in theaters across the U.S. ![]()
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