Lady with the Dog Film Review
The film representation’s simple cinematography and dialog accurately capture the mood created in Chekhov’s story, but it fails in other areas. The motives and thoughts of the characters could not be easily discovered, as the film focused on carrying on the plot with little attention given to characterization; leaving the actors to fill the void with expression and specific actions. The actors tended to over-do this, creating more of a caricature than character. While some may contend the short story translates better into film I do not believe this to be true. Often certain aspects purposely left out of short stories for the sake of conciseness and brevity are replaced with Hollywood traditions that take away from the nature of the literature. The acting most prominently stood out to me as a major confli
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Approximate Word count = 548
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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