Cinema Paradiso comes to mind immediately.


On 6/20/07 11:54 AM, "Barry Langford" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear All
> 
> Can anyone think of any movies which begin with a child protagonist and then
> move on to dramatise the same character's experiences as an adult? I'm not
> thinking here of film series (e.g. 400 Blows & sequels), nor films with brief
> childhood flashbacks (e.g. Silence of the Lambs, Day for Night, countless
> others), but individual films significantly structured  in this way
> (presumably 
> employing different actors). I'm sure there must be several but at present all
> I 
> can think of is Once Upon a Time in America (strictly speaking this of course
> starts in adulthood, then reverts to childhood, then advances to old age...but
> you get the idea). Any suggestions very gratefully received.
> 
> Tx Barry
> 
> Dr Barry Langford
> Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies
> Department of Media Arts
> Royal Holloway, University of London
> Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
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