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Mattie Alan Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Dec 1994 14:19:27 -0500
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Although it has been said to be a terrible adaptation of the book,
 
_Bonfire of the Vanities_ has a take on classism, among the many isms that it
 
deals with.  Hope this isn't redundant.
 
Mattie Campbell
 
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We too often think(still taking our model from the stage) when writing for
film that we are primarily concerned with people speaking.  But, as Wolf
Rilia, a British writer/director points out, "Houses speak, trees speak:  a
gesture, an expression passing over a face, the visual texture of a shot:
a cloudscape, a man sitting in a pool of lamp light, the sound of
footsteps, a door creaking:  a viewpoint, an angle of vision, the sensation
of movement, stillness, immobility."  Films speak a language called
"Picture."
 
 
Mattie Campbell  <[log in to unmask]>
 
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