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From: wenn@gandalf.cs.cmu.edu (John Wenn)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: re: SF movies
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Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 12:40:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 21 12:40:56 1985
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Another sf (well, really fantasy) film that is at least as good as its source
is the recent release "The Company of Wolves".  This film was based on the
Angela Carter short story.  Angela Carter also co-wrote the screen play.
This was a SHORT story (about 15 pages?).  Both the film and the story play
all sorts of games (many freudian) with the Little Red Riding Hood legend.
The mood of both is very dreamy and etherial.  This is also the closest
adaption of a writen work to a film I've ever seen.  The film follows the
story virtually verbatium, except the film adds an outer layer of story
dealing with a 20th century girl.  This is an advantage of adapting a short
story to a film instead of a novel.  You'll always leave SOMETHING out of a
filmed novel.  The story can be found in the collection "The Bloody Chamber".
The other stories also deal with the re-interpretation of common myths
(Little Red Riding Hood is done several times).  While this was not a GREAT
film (or story), it was certainly well done and entertaining.

/john

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