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A review by trin
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank
5.0
Bawling by the end, but that's me every time I've read The Diary of Anne Frank. Everyone should read it. (And the people who are banning it need to go sit in a hole and think about what they've done.)
But I should talk about the adaptation here. I was skeptical about the concept, but as a supplement to the original (not, never a replacement) it's beautifully done. Folman and Polonsky are particularly deft at capturing the force of Anne's imagination. Seeing the various ways she imagines herself all grown up ... whelp, here come the tears again.
The only thing I didn't like was Folman's occasional indulgence in anachronistically quoting modern song lyrics. It stuck out and was really jarring -- Otto Frank referencing "You're So Vain" doesn't improve my understanding, sorry. But these were rare missteps.
I'm glad to have another way to experience Anne's voice and her story. I am probably not alone among young Jewish girls (and kids in general) in feeling like she could have been my friend; now that I'm older, I still feel that way. I wish we could have been weird and witty and a little mean together, nearing forty.
But I should talk about the adaptation here. I was skeptical about the concept, but as a supplement to the original (not, never a replacement) it's beautifully done. Folman and Polonsky are particularly deft at capturing the force of Anne's imagination. Seeing the various ways she imagines herself all grown up ... whelp, here come the tears again.
The only thing I didn't like was Folman's occasional indulgence in anachronistically quoting modern song lyrics. It stuck out and was really jarring -- Otto Frank referencing "You're So Vain" doesn't improve my understanding, sorry. But these were rare missteps.
I'm glad to have another way to experience Anne's voice and her story. I am probably not alone among young Jewish girls (and kids in general) in feeling like she could have been my friend; now that I'm older, I still feel that way. I wish we could have been weird and witty and a little mean together, nearing forty.