Hello. My name is John. I'm relatively new to the film world, having made only a few shorts, one of which actually made it to a few film festivals(yeah, big deal, you're thinking. And you're right. So why'd I bring it up?). I'm also a PA-for-hire, able to bounce back and forth from a little bit of everything, from script supervision to editing. But I'm very new to this forum, indietalk, and I've learned quite a lot already. I feel for the first time that I'm really on the front lines of film making by reading these stories and bits of advice from very bright and knowledgeable people. It's almost more of an awakening than actually being on a movie set! Another eye opener for me, however, has been in my involvement in vmproductions' "Notes from the New World," based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the Underground." Despite some pretty good schooling, I have to admit I never really read much Dostoyevsky. Now that I have, I've become very interested in previous film adaptations of his work. The director of "New World," Vitaly Sumin, has done a film before called "Shades of Day," which is based on Dostoyevsky's "White Nights." Apparently this film was included in the Rutgers University's Professor for his 2006 course in cinema along with the classic works by Bertolucci, Kurosawa, Bresson, Scorsese, Shroeder, Von Sternberg, all who have touched Dostoyevsky work in one way or another. But I can't find any of these films on video(yet). Von Sternberg did a version of "Crime and Punishment," Scorsese did "Life Lessons" in "New York Stories,"(based on "The Gambler"), and Kurosawa did the "The Idiot." I was wondering, does anyone know which of these--or any others you may know about--are the best adaptations, as far as "faithful" to the writers work goes? I know "best" is a little vague, but which one(s) really capture the essence of Dostoevsky for you? Your advice will be very helpful to me. Thanks!
Dostoyevsky fans?
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Although I have yet to see the original version, I understand and over the years, people have told me that Kurosawa's original version (265 minutes) of THE IDIOT / HAKUCHI is perhaps, the most faithful adaptation of Dostoyevsky's work.
filmy
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Yes, I've also heard the original cut by Kurosawa was one of the best. But as I understand it, the original doesn't even exist anymore, just the shorter version. Were the cut scenes lost completely? Are there archives anywhere to see the orignial footage?
Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the welcome!