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In Reply to: Being Julia... or Being Very Mean Julia posted by Victor Khomenko on April 22, 2005 at 07:31:56:

Somerset Maugham as far I remember this novel may read a little dated today, if I still have it present in my mind, not that I want to make this smaller than it actually is, being one of the author I particulary cherish and have at least read this times his whole work.
It is more a question of adaptation, a novel with a certain quality for dramatic transformed and transposed in somewhat a lighter oeuvre in another time of another century.
Bening, whose normally never fail to unnerve me, steal the show of my unwillingness to like her, she is glanceful and can pull the string that make this comedy with a bitter under tone zest quite palpable, in Maugham spirit.
Captivating she was indeed, starting after the one third of the film gone until to my gusto, the very last moment. She was just brillant. So was her perfect match, in this case Irons.
I feel her lack of humanity excatly to be what Somerset wanted to point out: it is said, the vain vanity and force behind actors to be the only one and best loved of them all.
And this film shine for that and specially for that!
Hitchcock with " Secret Agent " or in the Fortys " RazordÂ´s Edge " and quite a few other adaptations, no one, for my taste did retrieved so many of the author intention.
Yes, lighteness can be a fullfiling in itself.
Yes it can!
I wish we had here a fun conversation like in " LOTR " but helas this film seems not drive out a lot of passion, if any, here.
Patrick will, sooner or later, revised " Solaris " ....

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Topic - Being Julia... or Being Very Mean Julia - Victor Khomenko 07:31:56 04/22/05 (5)

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