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fandomsecrets2013-07-13 03:49 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-07-13 03:49 pm
[ SECRET POST #2384 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2384 ⌋
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USSR (film): Not Canon But Good
The Soviet version of 1982 is not, to my mind, a faithful adaptation (no matter what Wikipedia says). Jim is laughably little - no wonder they didn't make him kill people - and it would be just as laughable when he talks about torture, had it been not for the good and believable acting; Livesey is also younger than he should be; Billy Bones is not scary at all, and he doesn't make people sing "Fifteen men...". Finally, Silver dies. This is about as non-canonical as it gets. [I am not talking about the Disney animation, for I'm still to see it - and I am looking forward to doing so]
There's quite a bit of Soviet flavour to it, which is especially obvious in the way every antagonist suffers and every protagonist cheers. Also, death is handled rather non-sentimentally, and there are even elements of dark comedy to be seen. This being said, Silver is still a very ambiguous character, and sometimes even more so than in more canonical adaptations.
Overall, I've seen better pieces of Soviet cinematograph (I think this one is slightly too discrete), but this is quite, quite decent. And I like the whiles when we can see Jim's fantasies and fears.