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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
I am going to be forever haunted by this book.
first of all, I nearly gave up on it because some of the passages were so dense and I was really confused. but I pressed on. I began to enjoy it a lot more. the prose is so rich, the currents of injustice and persecution still relevant.
this is a story of physical and spiritual prisons for the three principal characters: Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Frollo, as well as Sister Gudule.
I watched a presentation with Tab Murphy, who wrote the screenplay for the Disney movie, and he discussed his process a bit on the film a few days ago. Disney films so often deal with death, tragedy, and evil, but even this novel seems like it couldn't possibly be adapted by the studio. and of course there's so much the movie doesn't and couldn't include. but there was the 1939 film version that the Disney film borrowed from. and these movies have one thing in common: a happy ending, a more compassionate embrace of Quasimodo by Esmeralda. those are the things I prefer too, but this novel is a lot more dark and joy is totally absent.
even the 1939 movie does more with Gringoire (who I love) played by Edmond O'Brien (who I also love) when he actually abandons Esmeralda so he can save Djali instead!!
I'm gonna go rewatch those two movies, watch the others, maybe the ballet too now.
first of all, I nearly gave up on it because some of the passages were so dense and I was really confused. but I pressed on. I began to enjoy it a lot more. the prose is so rich, the currents of injustice and persecution still relevant.
this is a story of physical and spiritual prisons for the three principal characters: Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Frollo, as well as Sister Gudule.
I watched a presentation with Tab Murphy, who wrote the screenplay for the Disney movie, and he discussed his process a bit on the film a few days ago. Disney films so often deal with death, tragedy, and evil, but even this novel seems like it couldn't possibly be adapted by the studio. and of course there's so much the movie doesn't and couldn't include. but there was the 1939 film version that the Disney film borrowed from. and these movies have one thing in common: a happy ending, a more compassionate embrace of Quasimodo by Esmeralda. those are the things I prefer too, but this novel is a lot more dark and joy is totally absent.
even the 1939 movie does more with Gringoire (who I love) played by Edmond O'Brien (who I also love) when he actually abandons Esmeralda so he can save Djali instead!!
I'm gonna go rewatch those two movies, watch the others, maybe the ballet too now.