This is one story which fascinates me forever.So much is there in the story. Happiness...Hope...Sadness..Sorrow..Pain...Agony..Relief..You name it..its there.For a long time...I knew only one Orphan..thats poor little Oliver..I knew only one Evil Guy..Fagin...only one cruel animal..Bill Sikes..Oliver is always one quite boy. But whenever he opens his mouth he gets into trouble.
"Please Sir, I want some more !! " - one of the most famous lines in the English literature.Trouble starts there and he goes all the way to Mr. Brownlow, suffering in all possible ways.
Artful Dodger...oops my most fav. character after Oliver.FAGIN and BILL SIKES.. the evil characters.
I watched the 1968 movie, Oliver! . Its a musical. Fantastic one. Everyone has played their role to the utmost perfection. Be it Lester as Oliver, JackWild has Dodger,Ron Moody has Fagin and legendary Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes. They say, Reed become famous just because of this role.As I love musicals, this is one more definitive in my movie collection.Recently I got an oppurtunity to watch a recent version. Ace Director Roman Polanski has made a movie Oliver Twist. Beautifully made but still it couldnt capture all the pain and agony which was superbly portrayed in the 1968 version. This one is so rich in colour and made with a big budget.
Its Ben Kingsley who has played the role of Fagin. But still I found something missing in this movie. Bill Sikes is not so scary as Oliver Reed was.One day If I happen to become a Director...I will make Oliver Twist...my fascination continues...
Its Ben Kingsley who has played the role of Fagin. But still I found something missing in this movie. Bill Sikes is not so scary as Oliver Reed was.One day If I happen to become a Director...I will make Oliver Twist...my fascination continues...
3 comments:
That's a neat comparison seems like u enjoyed the musical better..maybe bcoz of de music...
and it was all spiced up with the right pick on the actors.
But then..the storyline.. isn't it kinda weak..
hey btw ur laz line "If I happen to become a Director...I will make Oliver Twist..." is definitely a TWISTER :)
collins r u not forgetting the brain behind the gr8 work,charles dickens.man! anybody who reads his books must b amazed by the way he connects the lives of his characters by the time the story ends.oliver ends up living with his mom's own sis!!!!!!!!!.it takes a master mind to start with independent loose characters and then tie them up like nerves and sinews in the human body.
Hey Collins,
Where are you mate?
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