Program
ΤΑΙΝΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, ΜΙΚΡΗ ΛΕΣΧΗ (ΚΑΝΑΡΗ 1) - ΜΑΝΤΑΜ ΜΠΟΒΑΡΥ
The programme, written by Aglaia Mitropoulou, begins by examining the like-mindedness of two great spirits, the director Jean Renoir and the writer Gustav Flaubert, on whose novel of the same name he based his film MADAME BOVARY: "It was almost inevitable for Renoir to work on MADAME BOVARY. The poetry characterizing the realistic description of Flaubert also expresses his own creative faith in the dream of everyday reality”.
Then, it summarizes the work of Flaubert as “a criticism of thebourgeoisie, unfeeling, cruel as a kind of self-flagellation” and refers to the notion of "Bovarism" that "showed the way for the search of the real self of man”.
It briefly mentions the plot of MADAME BOVARY and the apposite remark that "the Country Fair of Bovary is Renoir before Renoir" – which becomes an excuse for a comparison of the work of Renoir the painter-father and the son, the director, as well as for a brief reference to the filmography of Jean Renoir, praising his ability “to feel the pulse of life through […] each gesture, glance and movement of the protagonists”.
The programme characterizes as “difficult” the undertaking of the cinematic adaptation of the novel, since the director had to contend with a "novel-idol". It also notes that the need to cut the film from three to two hours takes away some of its value and, therefore, "the result is not the one that could have been obtained from the meeting of two such giants". Despite that, scenes like the Country Fair, the operation performed on the lame adopted son and the death of Bovary have passed, according to the programme, into the history of cinema. Finally, the presentation praises the “devotion” of the director to the success of his actors.
- Cinema ΤΑΙΝΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, ΜΙΚΡΗ ΛΕΣΧΗ (ΚΑΝΑΡΗ 1)
- Pages 1
- Τόπος Έκδοσης ATHENS
- Language GREEK, MODERN (1453 - )
- Height 29,7 CM
- Width 21 CM
- Paper Type ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΟ
- Status ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΗ
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