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Well, I have to disagree with those who don’t like this film. I read the book and I saw the film and the film is actually easier to take in some ways than the book. Both are pretty grim, there’s no getting around that. Frank McCourt’s childhood was a difficult affair.
The film and the book are works of art. The job of the artist is to shake us up, to make us see what we did not see before. The Ireland that Frank McCourt experienced was poor, dirty, downtrodden and very Catholic. Although I am not Irish, I grew up Catholic, and his depiction of the RC clergy was right-on. I can remember at the age of eight having a nun scream so hard she grew red in the face. I was terrified.
Well, read “Irish Immigrants and Exiles” if you think Mr. McCourt is exaggerating.
The film faithfully follows the book and I thought the film was more “hopeful” than the book. The child actors who play Frank at three different ages are wonderful. Mr. Mccourt said that he thought the film was a wonderful film that exactly captured his family. Guess we have to trust his judgement.
Whether you want to be subjected to this misery is another matter. The story reminds me of the films Carlo Ponti made about Italy after the War. Dirty, hungry children and pregnant 15-year olds. There are plenty of places still like that in the world, if only we can bring ourselves to look at them.
Like so many millions of people I adored the novel of Angela’s Ashes with a passion and was horrified to hear that a film version had been made. My doubts were slightly dispersed when I read that the direction had fallen upon Alan Parker, who is a favourite, but still some doubts remained. Let me state categorically that it is a superb film from every possible perspective, except for the screenplay. It is not that the screenplay is bad, it’s just impossible to condense the novel. It is hard to tell, but I think that anybody who has not read the novel, might have problems following the story and definitely will not get the indepth references.
Parker has done a superb job with the direction and the fact that the cinematography did not at least garner an Oscar nomination is a crime (and a comment). The film is shot in sepia-coloured repressiveness and the use of colour is astounding. Take, for example, the red coat Angela wears, which jumps out of the screen.
The acting from Carlyle as Malachy and Watson as Angela is likewise of the highest possible calibre, although the three boys playing Frank steal the show, which is as it should be. Carlyle does a particularly good job of making the boys’ continued devotion to their father believable, when his character could so easily have become an arch villian. Watson’s Angela is understated as it is in the novel: she is the life force as well as the life-draining force of the drama. An excellent performance from a most gifted actress.
The final word, though, has to go to the “feel” of the film, which I felt to be spot-on with the novel. Comedy and tragedy are blended to perfection and sobs of tears and laughter were almost perfectly matched in experiencing it. That is what the film is: an experience, not just a film. Obviously it can never be the novel, but as Frank McCourt gave his personal seal of approval I see no reason why anybody else would not.
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