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It is ot a bad book, but it really peaked in the middle, where it started taking very strong American Hollywood flavor. The characters that showed plenty of promise up to that point, started getting flatter all of a sudden.I guess the author had his plan, with the ending defined, and he rather suddenly started forcing things towards that predetermined ending. And therefore lied his weakness - as the ending was not really psychologically called for.
This is too bad, as really I was beginning to love the characters, and I think a more talented writer would be able to do something less trivial with them. Simply put, there was very little real foundation for Les's actions, and it was downhill from there. His boneheaded actions actions in the end were not consistent with the character as defined in the first half of the book... it felt like he had some breakdown, but that was not presented in the book, and his thinking during the ordeal do not hint at any psychological problems... just dumbness and perhaps pressure to oblige the author.
I still would like to see the movie, as I have no idea how closely it followed the book
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...it is on my short list though. I like the movie a lot. One of the best I've seen this year.
That the wife of the author sent a first edition to Ben Kingsley as a gift. He read it and was intrigued. The guy who pulled it together bought it in an airport and read in right through it and knew he wanted to make the film.This is an actor's film. But it also shows the determination of "newcomers" to make it here. Such as the "colonel" working menial jobs to amass capital for investment. (You won't see Lay or Ebbers working on a road crew to get started again!)
***This is an actor's film. But it also shows the determination of "newcomers" to make it here. Such as the "colonel" working menial jobs to amass capital for investment.Well, I don't see it that way. The colonel's family landed in the US with about $280,000 in their pocket. However, he was absolutely determined to keep the appearance, so he rented a $3000 month apartment. As result, their savings were disappearing quickly, and by the time of the story he had about $48,000 left - hardly a good role model for the newcomers... the rest was spent on expensive apartment, fine cloth, etc.
To him the house represented the salvation from the sure disaster, but the disaster HE had created, as without a quick money he would be completely broke in just a few more months - and that explains the tenacious grip he had on the property. He was fighting for much more than just a quick profit.
The man was driven by the need to be "accepted" - he had strong psychological problem, he was not a free man.
Just showing how determined he was to make it.
Because in the book large space is devoted to those things, as they define the character.Ben should be well cast in that role, so I am curious to see the film.
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