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No. C'mon, what's the title and your opinion? nt

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In Reply to: Have you seen Jean Renoir's adaptation of the same story? -nt- posted by Donald on January 27, 2006 at 18:31:13:

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It's called The Lower Depths (Les bas-fonds). - Donald 07:12:06 01/28/06 (1)
It's included with the Kurosawa film as part of a nice 2-disc set put out by Criterion. I greatly prefer it to Kurosawa's adaptation; there's a lot more going on with it, it's less stiff, Jean Gabin gives an outstanding performance, and his character is more complex than Mifune's counterpart. The claustrophobic, overly theatrical feel of the Kurosawa version doesn't quite work for me, though it's certainly not a bad film.
- I had some problems as you did with the claustrophobia and - tinear 08:09:47 01/28/06 (0)
  darkness of Kurosawa and then thought a bit and realized... that's exactly how it must feel to be IN the lower depths.

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