Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by dave c (A) on June 22, 2006 at 15:08:44

In Reply to: Re: Polanski's Oliver Twist posted by C.B. on June 22, 2006 at 12:58:19:

Does that mean the view of St. Paul's in the background is in some way real?
Given the nearground is not in LOndon it seems unlikely...
I did not mean KIngsley was bad as Fagin... within the form of the film he was good, but it was not a film that seemed to aim for "real" in my opinion.
Yes, it would be good to compare the Lean version, especially the late scenes where Bill Sykes is cornered. I seem to remember some of the shots as being more or less identical.
Oliver himself seems somewhat flat.
I actually thought it could be to allow young viewers to identify more easily with him.