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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Down and Out / Saved from Drowning
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 03:09:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 03:09:31 1986
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Reply-To: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (Peter Reiher)
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In article <11947@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> citrin@ucbvax.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) writes:
>Both the play and the film starred Michel Simon as
>Boudu, the bum, and, although I've never seen the film, I'm told that
>he overacted terribly in it.
>
I've seen the film, and don't think Simon overacted at all.  He is a most
convincing bum, far more so than Nick Nolte, in large part because Renoir,
who seemed unable to film an untrue moment, changed the sentimental and
totally unrealistic ending of the play.  I can't say "Boudu" is my favorite
Renoir, but it has a lot more integrity and reality than the recent remake.
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        			Peter Reiher
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