the adventures of huck finn is a 1993 american adventure film written and directed by stephen sommers , distributed by walt disney studios motion pictures and buena vista pictures , and starring elijah wood , courtney b. vance , jason robards and robbie coltrane ; it is based on mark twain 's novel adventures of huckleberry finn and focuses on at least three-fourths of the book .

the movie received a " pg " rating from the mpaa for some mild violence and language .

the adventures of huck finn ( 1993 film )

bill conti ' s score to the adventures of huck finn was released in 1993 by varese sarabande .
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cover title . based on the novel : the adventures of huckleberry finn / by mark twain . based on the novel
the adventures of tom sawyer
by mark twain . the adventures of huck finn : originally released as a motion picture in 1993 . tom and huck : originally released as a motion picture in 1995 .
double feature 2 - dvd
- - container . the adventures of huck finn special features include : audio commentary by the director and editor ; huck finn : an american classic ( production featurette ) .
' the adventures of huck finn ' elijah wood : huck courtney b . vance : jim robbie coltrane : the duke jason robards : the king ron perlman : pap finn dana ivey : widow douglas
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well , huck is here again . disney , the studio that prides itself on being the cinematic chronicler of childhood , has just released its first adaptation of the adventures of huck finn , a lively , sensitive film with lush cinematography and an exuberant score .
among the adaptations of
adventures of huckleberry finn
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huckleberry finn ,
1920 , silent film with gordon griffith > >
huckleberry finn ,
1931 , with jackie coogan , junior durkin , mitzi green , jane darwell > >
the adventures of huckleberry finn ,
1939 , with mickey rooney , walter connolly , william frawley , rex ingram , lynne carver > >
the adventures of huckleberry finn ,
1960 , with eddie hodges , tony . . .
the adventures of huck finn : screenplay by stephen sommers ; produced by laurence mark ; directed by stephen sommers ; director of photography , janusz kaminski ; film editor , bob ducsay ; music , bill conti .
the adventures of huck finn ( ca . 108 min , 1993 ) / screenplay by stephen sommers ; produced by laurence mark ; directed by stephen sommers - - tom and huck ( ca . 92 min . , 1995 ) / screenplay by stephen sommers and john baldecchi ; directed by peter hewitt .
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rationale for using the movie : mark twain ' s novel the adventures of huckleberry finn reveals the process by which a boy comes to the realization that despite the teachings of peers and elders , slavery is wrong and that true friendship transcends race and age . the 1993 version of the film holds the attention of young people and enables them to understand several of twain ' s powerful lessons whether or not they have read the book .
filmed in and around natchez in 1993 , the movie stars elijah wood as huck finn , along with co - stars courtney b . vance , jason robards , robbie coltrane , anne heche , laura bundy and renee o’conner .
the adventures of huck finn was a financial success , debuting at no . 2 at the box office , and grossing over $ 24 million against a $ 6 . 5 million budget .
after the film has been watched , engage the class in a discussion about the movie .
choosing the latter route , walt disney pictures has succeeded in turning
the adventures of huck finn
into a simple , spirited escapade meant for older children , who will certainly grasp the essence of twain ' s story if not the nuances . for viewers of any age , this film is good fun and demonstrates a certain daring . disney ' s
adventures of huck finn
serves as a sprightly , good - humored introduction to a book that would otherwise be seriously out of fashion .
featuring a young jonathon taylor thomas , this film adaptation of the adventures of tom sawyer and the adventures of huckleberry finn captured the hearts of teenage girls everywhere . the movie doesn ' t follow either novel with too much accuracy , but it does capture the youthful spontaneity . wouldn ' t recommend using tom and huck for analysis , but it ' s still a delightful movie geared towards a youthful audience .
description : the film recounts most of mark twain ' s classic story of an errant boy and his adventures on the mississippi river prior to the civil war . huck can be seen as a young hero in a successful search for true individuality .
climb aboard for an extraordinary version of mark twain ' s sweeping adventure when walt disney pictures presents the adventures of huck finn . it ' s the unforgettable saga of a mischievous youngster and a runaway slave on a wild expedition to freedom .
the adventures of huck finn is an enjoyable film thanks to stephen sommers ' energetic direction , a well - written script , crisp cinematography , great performances ( particularly elijah wood and courtney b . vance ) , beautiful scenery , and a terrific score by bill conti .
the story of huck and jim has been told in six or seven earlier movies , and now comes
the adventures of huck finn ,
a graceful and entertaining version by a young director named stephen sommers , who doesn ' t dwell on the film ' s humane message , but doesn ' t avoid it , either . the transformation of huck is there on the screen , although much more time is devoted to the story ' s picaresque adventures , as huck and jim meet a series of colorful characters - including some desperate criminals , some feuding neighbors , and the immortal con men the king and the duke .
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the film received generally positive reviews from critics , and currently holds a 69 %
fresh
rating at review aggregate rotten tomatoes . noted critic roger ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars , writing
the story of huck and jim has been told in six or seven earlier movies , and now comes the adventures of huck finn , a graceful and entertaining version by a young director named stephen sommers , who doesn ' t dwell on the film ' s humane message , but doesn ' t avoid it , either .
climb aboard for an extraordinary version of mark twain ' s sweeping adventure when walt disney presents the adventures of huck finn , starring elijah wood ( the lord of the rings ) . directed by stephen sommers ( the mummy , the mummy returns ) , it ' s the unforgettable saga of a mischievous youngster and a runaway slave
does the film remain faithful to twain’s 1884 book ? how does the movie portray southern white attitudes toward slavery ? and how does huck’s own attitude toward slavery change over the course of the story ? wiggins will lead the post - film discussion to explore these and other questions .
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the adventures of huck finn : huck finn , a 19th - century boy floating down the mississippi river on a raft with jim , a runaway slave , becomes involved with a feuding family , two scoundrels pretending to be royalty , and tom sawyer ' s aunt , who mistakes him for tom . tom and huck : tom and his friend huck witness a midnight killing which leads to all kinds of difficulties when they swear not to reveal what they saw .
jim barnett is the director of the division of historic properties of the mississippi department of archives and history .
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a couple of years back , it was robin hood . now the public - domain childhood hero of hollywood choice is none other than mark twain ' s immortal huckleberry finn . walt disney pictures '
the adventures of huck finn ,
previously known as
huck ,
arrives friday , with elijah wood in the title role once played by mickey rooney and ron howard , among myriad others . since the first version in 1919 ,
the adventures of huckleberry finn
has been filmed over and over . but rarely have three studios set their sights on it simultaneously .
' s novel adventures of huckleberry finn , though it focuses almost exclusively on the first half of the book . the film follows a boy named huckleberry finn and an escaped slave named jim , who travel the mississippi river together and overcome various obstacles along the way . the movie received a
pg
rating from the mpaa for some mild violence and language . this movie was filmed entirely in mississippi .
' ' the adventures of huck finn
is rated pg ( parental guidance suggested ) . it includes mild violence and slightly rude language . the adventures of huck finn directed and written by stephen sommers ; director of photography , janusz kaminski ; edited by bob ducsay ; music by bill conti ; production designer , richard sherman ; produced by laurence mark and john baldecchi ; released by walt disney pictures . running time : 106 minutes . this film is rated pg . huck . . . elijah wood jim . . . courtney b . vance the duke . . . robbie coltrane the king . . . jason robards pap finn . . . ron perlman widow douglas . . . dana ivey
tom sawyer and his pal huckleberry finn have great adventures on the mississippi river , pretending to be pirates , attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder .
jim is shown to be a loyal friend of finn , an aspect of a respectable character .
the adventures of huck finn
( citywide ) is in no way the first time mark twain ' s celebrated novel of a boy , a slave , a raft and a river has been made into a film . but not even mickey rooney and jackie coogan , who starred in two of the earlier versions , captured the spunk and the spirit of the boy who wouldn ' t be civilized in quite the way wood has .
disney’s idea to remake mark twain’s classic , “the adventures of huckleberry finn , ” is a fine one , and writer - director stephen sommers has made a timely , literate and handsome film . however , the acting of the two leads fails to provide the electrifying and stirring mood that the tale deserves . still , as a solid telling of a mainstay of american literature , disney’s film should make merry at the box office , domestically and internationally .
disney ' s
tom and huck
is just the latest in a long line of movies based on mark twain ' s classic characters .
tom and huck
( 1995 ) . 93 minutes . a pg - rated walt disney pictures film . with jonathan taylor thomas , brad renfro , eric schweig , charles rocket , amy wright , marian seldes and michael mcshane .
the adventures of huck finn ,
( 1993 ) . 108 minutes . a pg - rated walt disney pictures film . with elijah wood , courtney b . vance , robbie coltrane , jason robards , ron perlman , dana ivey , paxton whitehead , frances conroy , tom aldredge , curtis armstrong and mary louise wilson .
objectives / student outcomes using this learning guide : using the discussion questions and writing assignments set out below students will be introduced to the themes of mark twain ' s classic story and exercise analytical and writing skills . teachers seeking a more in - depth analysis might want to look at : ( 1 ) twm ' s adventures of huck finn film study worksheet or , since huck was engaged in a hero ' s journey of internal growth and development , ( 2 ) twm ' s huck finn hero ' s journey worksheet .
haupt , clyde v . huckleberry finn on film : film and television adaptations of mark twain ' s novel , 1920 - 1993 . jefferson , nc , and london : mcfarland and company , 1994 . pp . xi + 187 . includes bibliography and index . cloth , 6 - 1 / 4
x 9 - 1 / 4
. $ 35 . 00 . isbn 0 - 89950 - 920 - 7 .
huck wakes up in the wilks homestead , and learns that jim ' s master miss watson ( mary louise wilson ) , who was also one of huck ' s caretakers , died , setting jim free in her will . the other caretaker ( dana ivey ) plans on civilizing huck , but huck , narrating the story , says ,
i ' ve been there before .
the film ends with huck running off into the sunset .
tom sawyer and his pal huckleberry finn have great adventures on the mississippi river , pretending to be pirates , attending their own funeral , and witnessing a murder .
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“huck finn’s” rich physical production captures the full dimensions of twain’s novel . with location work done in and around natchez , miss . , the look and tone of the era have been perfectly captured .
the adventures of huck finn : screenplay by stephen sommers ; produced by laurence mark ; directed by stephen sommers ; director of photography , janusz kaminski ; film editor , bob ducsay ; music , bill conti . tom and huck : a film by peter hewitt ; screenplay by stephen sommers and david loughery ; produced by laurence mark and john baldecchi ; directed by peter hewitt ; director of photography , bobby bukowski ; editor , david freeman ; music , stephen endelman ; production designer , gemma jackson .
the natchez literary and cinema celebration will present a movie based upon mark twain’s novel “adventures of huckleberry finn” at 4 p . m . saturday at the natchez visitor reception center . admission is free .
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is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
although the story of huck finn touched upon the racial issues of that time ; possibly , in hopes of bringing attention to social problems , it also became part of the problem . packaging racism in a story of childhood adventures doesn’t cause discomfort that often cause change . the story just underscored the belief of “that’s just the way it is and some things don’t change” . huck finn was a great story that was written at a time when it was posh to be offended at social ills without having to do anything to bring about change .
disney ' s idea to remake mark twain ' s classic ,
the adventures of huckleberry finn ,
is a fine one , and writer - director stephen sommers has made a timely , literate and handsome film . however , the acting of the two leads fails to provide the electrifying and stirring mood that the tale deserves . still , as a solid telling of a mainstay of american literature , disney ' s film should make merry at the box office , domestically and internationally .
disney’s idea to remake mark twain’s classic , “the adventures of huckleberry finn , ” is a fine one , and writer - director stephen sommers has made a timely , literate and handsome film . however , the acting of the two leads fails to provide the electrifying and stirring mood that the tale deserves . still , as a solid telling of a mainstay [ … ]
table of contents for huckleberry finn : a documentary volume / edited by tom quirk .
like about 90 % of the early silent movies , this first film adaptation of the adventures of tom sawyer seems to be lost . the very brief entry on it in the internet movie data base contains only two names , under
writing credits
- - gene gauntier and mark twain .
and
mrs . ' sarah kemble siddons '
, two of the most famous british actors of the 18th century . david garrick and sarah kemble siddons were both long dead by the year in which
the adventures of huckleberry finn
is supposed to take place .
the adventures of huck finn : elijah wood , courtney b . vance , robbie coltrane , jason robards , ron perlman , dana ivey , anne heche . tom and huck : jonathan taylor thomas , brad renfro , eric schweig , charles rocket , amy wright , michael mcshane , marian seldes , rachael leigh cook .
the adventures of huckleberry finn has divided opinion since its publication . although it’s a lively tale of huckleberry finn running away from home to experience memorable encounters , there have been claims of racism within the book’s narrative . jim , finn’s loyal companion , being referred to as “nigger” is a definitive example . is referring to jim by a derogatory term a reflection of mark twain’s racism or an analysis of late 19th century american society ?
1 . twain ' s criticism of society and its values are an important part of the narrative found in the novel and in the film . the following is a list of topics for his criticism . select three of the topics as they are addressed in the film and then research commentary about twain ' s values that clarify and explain his position . write an expository essay in which you refer to the topic as it appears in the film and then deepen the understanding of the topic with references to the commentaries you researched .
this film about the pre - civil war south kicks off a seven - part sequence of monthly screenings titled “hollywood comes to natchez : a civil war film series . ” the series features movies filmed in the natchez area that relate to the civil war .
jonathan taylor thomas was a 14 - year - old tv star when walt disney pictures hired him to play tom ; 13 - year - old brad renfro was making his third movie in a year and a half . disney released this 1995 movie under two other names as well : the adventures of tom and huck and just plain tom sawyer , but it was best known by the name tom and huck . on the one hand , that title suggests how well known the pair was by the end of the last century . on the other , since the movie ' s plot derives exclusively from tom ' s novel , not huck ' s , the prominent use of huck ' s name suggests there may have been concern about whether tom ' s name by itself would draw enough attention and customers to the film . in mt ' s novel , we learn that tom
did not care to have huck ' s company in public places .
now he seems to need it to keep his own place in the public ' s mind . when disney brought out the adventures of huck finn in 1993 , tom ' s character was left out entirely . © the walt disney company ; all rights reserved .
james wiggins , instructor of history at copiah - lincoln community college , natchez branch , will introduce the films in the series and provide historical context for the stories being told . following the conclusion of the movie , audience members will have an opportunity to discuss how this version of huckleberry finn compares with other film adaptations of the story .
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“the adventures of huckleberry finn” isn’t a racist novel , saying it is a racist pro slavery novel due to the fact it has the word ‘nigger’ 212 times , means nothing . it is a great anti slavery and anti racist novel .
huckleberry finn ( elijah wood ) is a half - literate son of a drunk ( ron perlman ) . one night , his father arrives and huck is taken away to his father ' s home . jealous of huck ' s money being kept away , he attacks huck , but eventually passes out from exhaustion .
that huck is slow to embrace such ideas (
i never heard such talk in my life !
he says at the thought that all men should be free ) provides part of the drama . otherwise , this
huck finn
is an episodic set of adventures , some of them cannily heightened to suit the tastes of contemporary viewers . huck ' s masquerading as a girl in one scene now has him stuffing kitchen supplies into his dress , for example . the novel ' s version of this event is less antic and more wry .
huck , of course , is not totally on his own . his companion is jim , the commonsensical runaway slave he shares adventures and raft space with . given how much racial sensitivities have changed since twain wrote his novel in 1876 , this part is in many ways even more difficult to cast than huck , but in courtney b . vance the film once again has gotten it right .
in the newest version of the oft - adapted book , elijah wood stars as the mischievous , roguish and freewheeling huck finn , who’s living with the widow douglas ( dana ivey ) . curiously , huck’s orchestration of his fake death and escape from his abusive , brutal father is not as emotionally riveting as one remembers it from the book .
mark twain ' s times included the birth of a new medium , the movies . he lived long enough to have seen the first film version of one of his books , the 1907 tom sawyer . given his fascination with new inventions , he might have wanted to see this adaptation , but there is no record of his having done so . in the century since , tom sawyer has been the most frequently filmed of mt ' s books . it was filmed three times before huck finn was filmed at all , and tom himself was the star of the second movie version of huck ' s story ( see below ) . the next century might tell a different story . based on my students ' testimony , the adventures of tom sawyer is still read , but it seems safe to say that most americans born since 1975 mainly know tom through huck ' s novel , and know the plot of tom sawyer mostly through the more recent films on the list below . in another generation it might be time for tom to say ,
you don ' t know about me except you have read a book by the name of ' huckleberry finn . '
unlike the film versions of huck ' s story , the movies made from tom ' s adventures stick pretty closely to the plot of mt ' s original text . even the most recent version , for example , still identifies its villain as
injun joe .
no film attempts to incorporate the overt nostalgia of the novel ' s backward - looking narrator , but all treat both boyhood and the american past as playgrounds .
joshua park plays the title role in the new musical
the adventures of tom sawyer ,
which begins a two - week run today at the shubert performing arts center in new haven . jim poulos plays the part of huckleberry finn . the actors ' identities and roles were reversed in photos on page g1 and g4 sunday .
i love mark twain and i love the adventures of tom sawyer . aside from the racist overtones , huck finn has never been in my favorites among his other works . the reason that i don’t like this book has everything to do with the fact that i enjoyed tom sawyer so much more , and in comparison it falls short for me .
into a romp by the king and duke creates an
adult white male
story , obscuring twain ' s more radical focus on the boy and the slave . this discussion by haupt made clearer to me than ever before how it may be a mistake to see huck in the tradition of the picaresque hero : the king and duke are picaros , but culturally huck is something different , more radical . other film and video adaptations , as haupt analyzes them , pursue other
special agendas
: the 1931 film becomes the story of the social adjustment of a troubled teenager , while the 1939 and 1978 versions make huck an abolitionist from the start . political correctness has been involved in adaptations of
writer - director stephen sommers has made a conventional literal film , in which the acting of the two leads never rises above the mediocre , thus failing to endow the tale with the stirring mood that it deserves .
we can only tip our hat to mark twain . as we now begin the second century after his death in 1910 , his words still have the power to rile the country , bless him . the publication of the first volume of his autobiography was the literary event of the fall of 2010 . now , a new effort to sanitize
huckleberry finn
has readers , scholars , librarians and others mostly shaking their heads . alan gribben , a professor of english at auburn university at montgomery , ala . , has gotten 15 minutes of fame by producing a new combined edition of
the adventures of tom sawyer
and
the adventures of huckleberry finn
that replaces the word
nigger
with the word ' slave ,
and changes
injun
to
indian .
movie worksheets : twm offers the following movie worksheets to keep students ' minds on the film and to focus their attention on the lessons to be learned from the movie . film study worksheet for ela classes ; huck finn on a hero ' s journey worksheet ; and worksheet for cinematic and theatrical elements and their effects . teachers can modify the movie worksheets to fit the needs of each class . see also twm ' s movies as literature homework project . additional ideas for lesson plans for this movie can be found at twm ' s guide to lesson plans using film adaptations of novels , short stories or plays .
when huck finn is walking with billy grangerford ( at 45 : 05 to 45 : 07 ) to a brick outbuilding where a new slave is chained , you can see the brake lights of a blue mini van in the bottom left quarter of the screen - look to the left of the tree trunk , under the shrubbery .
this retelling of huck finn offers the cinematic world nothing another outing for the young wood . but with nothing to say it relies on picturesque scenery and random events to spur it along . without the arrival of coltrane and robards there would be little attraction .
meanwhile , jim has been taken to prison for huck ' s murder , and tells huck about his dead father , thus huck rebukes jim . huck puts the money in the coffin of a recently - deceased family member . he exposes the king and the duke as con men to mary jane , and tells her to tell the town at 10 : 00 , when a scheduled steamboat to cairo departs .
day 2 ! ! ! this time i watched the 1993 version of the adventures of huck finn , a lot better than the one from the 60 ' s , great cast that can actually act and make you believe what they are saying . to begin we have mr . frodo himself elijah wood when he was a kid playing the main character , he was a great kid actor and i ' m glad , as far as i know , that he made a good transition into an adult actor . the rest of the cast is great to watch too , we have ron perlman , mr . hellboy , scaring the heck out of us even without make up = ) then we have jason robards and james gammon , two great character actors doing…
on wednesday , feb . 26 , the farmington libraries will host a lecture titled ,
adventures of huckleberry finn : an american story .
this event will take place at 7 p . m . at the farmington main library at 6 monteith drive . craig hotchkiss , educational program manager at the mark twain house and museum , will lecture and lead an in - depth discussion on
the adventures of huckleberry finn .
this is not exactly a book talk , this presentation reaffirms the importance of mark twain ' s masterpiece by placing it within the context of the larger history of race relations in america from slavery to the modern civil rights movement .
though huck seems cheerful enough giving a boxing lesson to an unlucky local tyke in the film ' s opening sequence , he soon turns frightened when he sees a distinctive footprint on the shores of the mississippi . it can mean nothing but the return of his dread father , pap , and after consulting with jim , who does a little conjuring on the side , huck decides to leave town .
they come across a wanted poster for jim , falsely saying that he murdered huck . jim and huck come across a sinking barge one night , and jim notices huck ' s father ' s corpse on the ship . huck notices two sailors leaving one to drown in a room as the water comes crashing through . huck and jim ' s canoe sinks , but they steal another one , as the barge completely sinks underwater .
huckleberry finn , the half - literate son of a drunk , runs away from home and follows the mississippi river with an escaped slave named jim . along the way , the duo encounter adventures with colorful characters like the king and the duke , two con men who impersonate british visitors in order to swindle three sisters out of their fortune , and susan wilks , the spunky 12 - year - old girl who gives huck his first kiss . jim also re - educates huck away from the racist views that he has grown up with .
please join us on saturday as we launch “hollywood comes to natchez : a civil war film series . ”
in missouri , during the 1840s , young huck finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure , leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave jim in a voyage down the . . . see more »
twain ' s text defies all efforts to translate onto film . without huck ' s subjective narrative , the subtler points fall flat , leaving a drained and empty children ' s movie in its place .
when huck finn is walking with billy grangerford ( at 45 : 05 to 45 : 07 ) to a brick outbuilding where a new slave is chained , you can see the brake lights of a blue mini van in the bottom left quarter of the screen - look to the left of the tree trunk , under the shrubbery . see more »
in missouri , during the 1840s , young huck finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure , leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave jim in a voyage down the mississippi river toward slavery free states .
huck is played by elijah wood , who mercifully seems free of cuteness and other affectations of child stars , and makes a resolute , convincing huck . the real huck ( based on a childhood friend of twain ' s ) was probably much tougher and had rougher edges , but huck has been sanitized for years in the movies ( just as the widow douglas tried to
sivilize
the original ) . jim , the crucial character in the story , is played by courtney b . vance , a new york stage actor who is able to embody the enormous tact with which jim guides huck out of the thickets of prejudice and sets him on the road to tolerance and decency .
experts at the mark twain house & museum are discussing whether they should buy a pending new edition of
adventures of huckleberry finn
and the adventures of tom sawyer .
why is it an issue ? the combined volume of the classics , to be published in february , has been censored . twain scholar alan gribben and alabama ' s newsouth books have replaced the n - word ( used 223 times between the two books , according to gribben ) with the word
slave
; changed
injun
( in reference to
injun joe
)
big river : the adventures of huckleberry finn ,
a musical play adaptation of mark twain ' s great satirical novel , has been revived by goodspeed musicals in east haddam . it ' s fine family entertainment . twain ' s winding plot - telling of the harrowing risks taken by two runaways , the white huckleberry finn and enslaved african american jim , as they drift down the mississippi in the 1840s - has been streamlined , much as the army corps of engineers has tried to constrain the river ' s monstrous flood waters .
3 . write a narrative about some time in huck finn ' s future , more than 25 years after huck and jim complete their adventure . describe setting , characters and circumstance that show what has become of huck as he moves into middle age . be sure to address the social changes that would have happened in the passage of time . show meaning through action , dialogue , comparison , thoughts and descriptive language .
mt wrote tom sawyer , detective along with tom sawyer abroad in the mid - 1890s , two decades after tom ' s first novel appeared . at the time he was more desperate for money than at any other point in his career , and seems mainly to have been trying to cash in on the established marketability of tom ' s name . presumbably adolph zukor had much the same motive when he produced this film for paramount at the same time that selznick was making his film . the cover of the film ' s publicity book ( left ) shows a young donald o ' connor , who actually played huck . huck and tom both appear in the two posters below . another poster | another poster
and then huck and jim drift onto the subjects of race and slavery , and huck is bound to admit , after jim explains it to him , that black people have the same feelings as everyone else , and are deserving of his respect . this process of huck ' s conversion is one of the crucial events in american literature . some cannot admire it and think it should not be taught in schools because huck , like every boy of his time , used the word
nigger .
they are very short - sighted .
younger children , however , may be overwhelmed by the extensive dialogue and by several of the scary scenes , especially the ones between angel - faced huck and his hairy , hot - tempered father ( perlman , looking much like he did on television’s beauty and the beast ) . still , even the young ones will enjoy the film’s broad humor : huck disguised as a girl , stuffing stolen food down his dress ; jim predicting huck’s future by poking a hairball ”puked up by an ox just the other day” ; and the con artists’ blatantly ridiculous versions of british accents .
viewed as a cinematic property even if it never was intended as one ,
the adventures of huckleberry finn
is an either - or proposition . either the sweeping breadth and satirical tone of mark twain ' s classic novel are somehow approximated , in which case the material will elude most young viewers , or the story must be scaled down .
i have never read the source material nor watch any productions before so i ' m watching this adaptation as my first venture into the world of huckleberry finn and i sure did enjoy it . jim and huck ' s friendship is special .
like any literary adaptation , this film throws out many scenes and changes others around . as a film , though , it works perfectly . comparing it to the 1960 version , the reputation of the 1930s as the golden age of hollywood is exemplified in this picture . although the film and editing techniques were primitive at this point , the humour is funny , the characters click , and the drama is captivating . i ' m not sure why this and the 1960 leave out the scene where huck convinces jim he ' s dreamt them separating in the fog , since its one of the most important in the novel . in any case , jim ' s plight is tragic , and makes one shudder to think of the many people that had to be subjected to the institution of slavery . rex ingram gives a great performance , and his best scene may be in the jail , right before the lynch mob bursts through the door .
somebody help me !
he cries . amazing . it should also be noted that clara blandickgives an outstanding performance as miss watson . mickey rooney is okay as huck , but his acting style hasn ' t aged as well as the others in the film . overall , i highly recommend this as great entertainment and a great film . 8 / 10
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this is a loose adaptation of the original work . in fact , some scenes in the movie are completely made up , and some of the main plot lines are simply glossed over . even still , it gives viewers a general overview of the work and captures the time and place in which the story is set . the film features some fine acting , with eddie hodges as huck , and former boxer archie moore playing jim . also stars tony randall in a silly performance as one of the con men that huck and jim encounter in their travels down the mighty mississippi .
in twain’s classic tale , huckleberry finn runs away from home with his friend jim , an enslaved african american youth . riding a raft down the mississippi river , the two fugitives embark on a series of adventures as they try to evade capture . huck is worried about being sent back to his cruel father “pap , ” while jim fears punishment and a return to slavery .
in the spirit of canonizing , we asked harold bloom to list the five books he considered the greatest novels of the american experience . here is his list :
moby - dick
by herman melville .
the adventures of huckleberry finn
by mark twain .
the scarlet letter
by nathaniel hawthorne .
the portrait of a lady
by henry james .
as i lay dying
by william faulkner . and which of these is the greatest american novel ?
i can ' t say whether ` huckleberry finn ' or ` moby - dick ' should be first , but it would be one of those two .
huckleberry finn , a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization , escapes his humdrum world and his selfish , plotting father by sailing a raft down the mississippi river . accompanying him is jim , a slave running away from being sold . together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures .
huckelberry was a young boy , who runs away from home , and floats down the mississippi river . he meets a run away slave named jim and the two undertake a series of adventures based on the picaresque novel by mark twain . as the story progresses the duo exploit an array of episodic enterprises , while huckleberry slowly changes his views of bigotry . along the way , huck and jim meet the king and duke , who ultimately send the protagonists towards a different route on their journey . as huck begins to have a change of heart , he gradually begins to distinguish between right and wrong , and conclusively , huck is faced with the moral dilemma between the world ' s prejudice , of which he ' s grown up with , and the lessons jim has taught him throughout the story about the evils of racism .
a year before he made gone with the wind , david o . selznick went back to ante bellum missouri with his version of the adventures of tom sawyer ( 1938 ) . directed by norman taurog , who had done huck finn for paramount in 1931 and who also directed boys town with mickey rooney and spencer tracy in 1938 , the film starred tommy kelly as tom , jackie moran as huck , ann gillis as becky thatcher , may robson as aunt polly , philip hurlic as
little jim
and gets memorable performances from walter brennan as muff potter and victor jory as injun joe . 18 publicity photos | grosset & dunlap photoplay edition
miss - lou residents will recognize a number of locations in the movie , including natchez under - the - hill and historic jefferson college , as well as a host of local people who had speaking roles and appeared as extras in the film .
your article is quite interesting ! i’m also glad to see your use of the original illustrations , available in the berkeley version of adventures of huckleberry finn . do you think twain provides subtle agency for jim by pairing him with huck , a character of a similar socio - economic and societal background ? the only reason huck would be ( potentially ) more viable in society is his race , especially after turning over his found fortune to the judge before embarking on the journey with jim . twain seems to put two very similar male characters together , letting them grow and feed off each other , but asking the reader to decide if they’re equal .
huckelberry was a young boy , who runs away from home , and floats down the mississippi river . he meets a run away slave named jim and the two undertake a series of adventures based on the picaresque novel by mark twain . as the story progresses the duo exploit an array of episodic enterprises , while huckleberry slowly changes his views of bigotry . along the way , huck and jim meet the king and duke , who ultimately send the protagonists towards a different route on their journey . as huck begins to have a change of heart , he gradually begins to distinguish between right and wrong , and conclusively , huck is faced with the moral dilemma between the world ' s prejudice , of which he ' s grown up with , and the lessons jim has taught him throughout the story about the evils of racism . written by cayman frendt
one of my favorites when i was younger and it still holds up today . the landscape is beautiful and the acting is great . elijah wood gave an amazing performance as huck finn and completely embodied the character . stephen sommers made a fun and lovable story even more accessible .
production : a buena vista release of a walt disney pictures presentation in association with steve white prods . produced by laurence mark . executive producers , barry bernardi , steve white . co - producer , john baldecchi . directed , written by stephen sommers , based on the novel
the adventures of huckleberry finn
by mark twain .
despite the film ' s opening exhortation (
get ready for a spit - lickin ' good time !
) , it works hard to avoid turning cute . as directed and adapted by stephen sommers , it also does well at retaining the flavor of twain ' s language while shifting the dialogue toward present - day vernacular . and it is reasonably true to twain ' s conception of his central characters , successfully presenting the union of a rascally white boy and a runaway slave ( the film eschews twain ' s use of the word
nigger
in describing jim ) as a flesh - and - blood friendship . the film does not compromise huck ' s first benighted opinions about slavery to soft - pedal its hero .
the film improves considerably once huck encounters jim ( courtney b . vance ) , a runaway slave whose goal is to escape to the north so that he can eventually buy his family’s freedom . the two drifters strike a unique friendship as they start their mysterious , fateful journey down the mississippi river .
interesting . in high school , i recall reading finn by jon clinch , which was essentially an extremely dark story from the pov of huck’s dad . notably , it perceived huck as biracial , with a white father and black mother . i find analyzing jim’s character to be fascinating , and it is definitely important to mention huck’s “i’ll go to hell ! ” moment because it is a defining event of autonomy . he was raised to equate vying for the abolition of slavery with eternal damnation , and this is a pivotal moment where his recognition of jim’s humanity exceeds , in the context of the period’s beliefs , the alleged salvation of his soul .
huck finn : i ' m sorry jim . . . i didn ' t want this to happen . jim : you ' re still my best and only friend . see more »
pap finn
' s belch was added in later to be louder . writer / director stephen sommers says ron perlman , the actor who plays pap finn ,
wasn ' t really good at belching
.
though it is basically a pg - rated family film , boy ' s adventure division , with actors this capable
huck finn
can ' t help but interest unaccompanied adults as well . it does bog down seriously in the middle , when the plot pushes huck and jim to the background , and it also exhibits a tendency to be more preachy than grown - ups may find diverting , but overall this is a successful effort , a straightforward yarn that will probably remind parents of the kind of cheerful disney films they themselves grew up with .
it would be wrong to judge a person or make assumptions without really getting to know that person . in the same way , as an english teacher at manchester high school , i encourage my students to examine literature and other entities in their lives and then make educated decisions . i also put forth the mantra : the more we read about others , the more we learn about ourselves .
the adventures of huckleberry finn
is a masterpiece that satirically examines life in america in the 1800s prior to the civil war and emancipation [ editorial , dec . 27 ,
another look at huck finn
]
the just cause something is the law , doesn ' t mean it ' s right theme was beat over the head about slavery . i mean , we all know it ' s wrong , but it was kind of pushed on the viewer here . and huck finn never really seems to waiver on his belief in the law .
suggested response : answers will vary . the discussion should include a description of how jim learns that white people can be righteous because huck treats him that way and because a white person , the widow douglas , gives jim his freedom . huck learns that slavery is wrong because he cannot deny jim ' s humanity and once he accepts jim as a human being , huck sees the evils of slavery .
presented here tends to derive from that earlier era . for haupt , the key is the humanistic view of huck ' s friendship with jim : he says , in fact , that this is one of two things that make for a successful adaptation . ( the other is a personable actor playing huck . )


merry-go-round ( hungarian : körhinta ) is a 1956 hungarian drama film directed by zoltán fábri , based on the short story kútban ( in the well ) by imre sarkadi .

merry - go - round ( 1956 film )

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film essay on merry - go - round ( 1956 ) , the hand ( 1956 ) and barrier ( 1966 ) . [ central european film class ]
film class : film essay on merry - go - round ( 1956 ) , the hand ( 1956 ) and barrier ( 1966 ) . [ central european film class ]
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the filmography for merry - go - round has been compiled from information in játékfilmek / hungarian feature films 1931 - 1998 , the film credits , and sources in the hungarian film institute archive .
[ vii ] the possible influence of sholokov was suggested to me by istván rubovsky , lecturer at debrecen university , who has studied merry - go - round extensively .
permission to proceed with merry - go - round was received on 22nd july , 1955 and shooting was wrapped up in early november leaving just under three months for editing and other post - production work in time for the film to be premiered in february 1956 and then taken to the cannes film festival .
casffa is proud to screen merry - go - round , courtesy of the hungarian national film fund , in partnership with the hungarian consulate in melbourne . admission is free with ticket purchase to any other casffa session .
•1956 : körhinta ( merry - go - round / un petit carrousel de fête ) by zoltán fábri ( 1955 , 1h30 , hungary ) : in competition . presented by the hungarian national film fund - hungarian national film archive . a 4k scan and digital restoration from the original 35mm image & sound negatives plus additional materials : the original dupe positive and another film positive . restoration made by the hungarian national film fund – hungarian filmlab .
hegyi , barnabás , ‘igy fényképezetem a körhinta t’ , szabad ifjuság , 2 feb . 1956
as with a number of early fábri films , merry - go - round opens with a lengthy establishing shot . an extreme long shot of a country fair from a high vantage point is followed by a zoom - in to the merry - go - round . a sub - title then informs us that this is a story from autumn 1953 ( ‘1953 oszen történt’ ) – significantly the year of stalin’s death . the circular movement of the riders on the merry - go - round provides one of the key motifs of the film , preparing the viewer for the important scene to come early in the film and another scene later on at a wedding celebration where the circular motif is repeated , this time in a frenetic dance sequence .
) by imre sarkadi . it was in competition at the 1956 cannes film festival . it was later selected to be screened in the cannes classics section of the 2017 cannes film festival .
carson , fred , and jacques daniel - valcroze , fereydoun hoveyda , louis marcorelles . ‘cannes 1956’ , cahiers du cinema , vol . x , no . 60 . june , 1956 . pp 13 - 20
there isn’t a scene in merry - go - round , in the tone or subject matter that comes off badly , nor is there a conventional element . everything is of a freshness , vivacity and sometimes even boldness , that testifies to a very remarkable talent .
is a hungarian film directed by zoltán fábri , based on a short story by imre sarkadi . it premiered at the 1956 cannes film festival and was selected as one of the budapest 12 by hungarian critics in 2000 .
a tale of forbidden love set against a contemporary societal change towards individualisation , merry - go - round launched the career of mari törőcsik , who plays a beautiful young farmer’s daughter whose father is insistent that “land marries land” and that financial considerations overrule affairs of the heart .
is historically significant because it was released shortly before the country ' s failed uprising and revolution against soviet imposed rule in 1956 .
baker , peter , ‘cannes’ , films and filming , vol . 2 , no . 10 . july , 1956 , p . 34
the film ends when pataki realises that farkas is not fit for his daughter and that máté , despite his new - fangled ideas , is actually a worthy fellow and someone not afraid to get his hands dirty as he demonstrates by mucking out the cows . máté and mari now embrace in that most unromantic of places – the cow shed and the film closes with another shot of the merry - go - round .
on the 18th may 1954 fábri submitted a proposal to the dramaturgical council for a new film based on a novella , in the well ( kútban ) by the popular writer imre sarkadi . given the working title of girl market ( leányvásár ) the title of the film was later changed to merry - go - round ( körhinta ) and was to become one of the most popular and enduring hungarian films if all time .
anderson , lindsay , ‘panorama at cannes’ , sight and sound , vol . 26 , no . 1 . summer , 1956 , p . 20
predictably the film was well - received in other iron curtain countries although , again , it received no prizes suggesting that host juries were worried about or not inclined to give a prize to a film from a country which so recently had erupted in open revolt against the ‘eternal friendship’ of the soviet union . merry - go - round and later fábri films became popular in bulgaria , turkey , argentina , iran and india , the latter country hosting a fábri retrospective at the 26 th international film festival of india in bombay in 1995 .
litván , györgy ( ed . ) , the hungarian revolution of 1956 : reform , revolt and repression , 1953 - 1963 . london , longman , 1996
outside of hungary the film made an impact with a number of critics and the film was almost universally praised . favourable reviews appeared in newspapers and journals in many countries but most of all in france . cahiers du cinema had no less than four reporters covering cannes and in an article signed by this quartet they waxed lyrical about merry - go - round , ‘one of the most moving love stories that we have seen since solitude and ceux de la zone ’ ( carson et al . 1956 : 14 ) . the film historian and critic georges sadoul added his tribute . of all the voices of praise , however , few carried more weight than that of cahiers editor , andré bazin the revered film theorist and writer . writing in le parisien he stated :
after enrolling myself a central european film class [ despite the class name being
national film
as a way to trick students ] - i have found the sources of film criticism of central european film limited ( in english anyway ) and there were the same group of authors .
amidst the conflict of a hungarian farmer leaving the farming community ' s collective , his daughter , mari , falls deeply in love with biro , despite her father ' s insistence that she marry another suitor who plays into his future prospects .
land marries land
he says , the apparent rule of hungarian peasantry , but the two lovers refuse to give in . zoltan fabri ' s merry - go - round presents love as a carnival ride and renders its intoxicating freedom in pure movement , whether its lovers spiraling on the merry - go - round or while feverishly dancing or simply walking , embracing or glancing across a busy room . it is an enrapturing portrait of young love , a subject almost too often tackled by cinema yet rarely rendered so poetically and tenderly , even beating the french…
the political situation ( at this time always a reflection of the political flux and backstabbing in moscow ) however remained unstable and rákósi was able to regain his former position and demote nagy . however , the reform movement had by now built up a considerable momentum and would not be easily stopped . an avant - garde centered around the petőfi circle , a debate and discussion group which increasingly attracted large numbers of intellectuals and many party members , continued to argue for change . demonstrations by students and continuing unrest in the factories were to prove the final spark that erupted in october 1956 . it was merry - go - round , more than any other film , that caught this mood of change and optimism .
john cunningham , senior lecturer in film studies , sheffield hallam university , uk .
according to apor noémi when the winners were announced there was much derisive whistling from the audience . quite why merry - go - round never received a prize is a mystery as critics and reviewers praised the film in no uncertain terms . many years later in an interview with the hungarian newspaper kurir , fábri suggested that pressure had been brought to bear on the jury , though by whom and why is not at all clear . always the gentleman fábri also thought truffaut’s behaviour was ‘rude . ’ ( fábri , 28 december 1992 )
of the non - film influences it is important to note the role of hungarian literature and the way it has always interacted with film right from the very earliest days . fábri himself was a keen adaptor , indeed all his films are adaptation of works of hungarian authors , some of whom are hardly known outside the country . with respect to merry - go - round the work of the popular writer zsigmond móricz ( 1879 - 1942 ) needs particular mention . he acquired a deserved reputation in the 20th century for his gritty , realist novels and short stories about country life and its hardships and echoes of his work can be discerned in the film , as perhaps can also be found echoes of the soviet writer mikhail sholokov . [ vii ]
törőcsik’s performance was indeed memorable but that of imre soós as máté is also worthy of note . unlike törocsik , soós was an established actor both on stage and screen , probably best known in hungary at the time for performances in socialist realist films where his statuesque good looks were considered ideal for playing stakhanovite worker - heroes . such appearances included his role as feri torma in the truly dreadful singing makes life beautiful ( dalolva szép az élet ) directed by márton keleti in 1950 and try and win ( civil a palyán , 1952 ) also by keleti . his most notable achievement in film , prior to merry - go - round was the lead role in hungary’s first colour film mattie the gooseboy ( ludas matyi , 1950 – now recently restored by the hungarian film institute ) .
hungarian film bulletin ( anon . interview with fábri ) vol . 4 , 1967 . p . 5
throughout the film mari continues to act as a link between the warring factions around her . in one scene her lover and her father confront each other at the headquarters of the co - operative . she is there to deliver her father’s dinner , and before she can leave máté enters . an argument ensues between máté and pataki and as this becomes more intense , mari’s look is used to connect the two antagonists and place her , visually , in the centre of the debate . at the end of this sequence , on the road outside the co - operative , máté and mari go their separate ways , their future , at this point uncertain . máté looks up at the sky and watches the flight of a ‘v’ formation of geese overhead , [ vi ] repeating the sky motif at the end of the merry - go - round sequence .
merry - go - round is set in countryside hungary where career is synonymous to farming and status symbol is reflected through the amount of land one owns . it’s a film centred on the theme of patriarchy and the victim is mari pataki , the protagonist , who is in love with this young man called mate but is forbidden to see him by her father . on the other hand , he wants to marry her off to his business confidante with whom he has signed a land deal . “land marries land” says mr . pataki explaining how women in that society are nothing but mere props used to get the best of land deals . in a marriage scene , someone announces that the bride is soon going to…
the unforgettable carousel and dance sequences remain especially celebrated in a film enlivened throughout by barnabás hegyi’s lyrical , virtuoso cinematography .
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it is also possible that the french saw parallels between their efforts to break away from their own ‘official’ film heritage ( the ‘quality’ film , ‘le cinema du papa’ so fiercely derided by truffaut and others ) with the hungarian trajectory of developing a cinematic practice and aesthetic free from , or at least limiting , the constraints of socialist - realism and various forms of state control . the depiction of rural life in merry - go - round was also more likely to strike a chord in a country such as france with its strong agrarian / peasant tradition than in britain or the usa . no doubt , on a more basic level , they were responding with enthusiasm to a fine piece of filmmaking which embodied many of the characteristics they were looking and urging for in their own national cinema ( sentiments which no doubt also motivated lindsay anderson ) – spontaneity , contemporary relevance , location shooting , the inspirational role of the director , fresh young talented actors and actresses , none tied to tradition or constraints but all working for something new , fresh and exciting .
sitting at a table drinking a beer , pataki and farkas engage in smallholder talk – farm prices and the like – while mari , totally ignored , begins to daydream . at this point we are introduced to máté who contrasts strongly with the smallholders in their black jackets , waistcoats and hats , stiff postures , and growling conversation . máté dresses casually and , in the company of a small group of friends , is relaxed , friendly but also commands respect as demonstrated when he helps out a flustered waiter by sorting out the meal order for his group . mari , looking idly into the mirror on her mészeskalacs - szív , spots the group . while her father’s attention is elsewhere three young women from máté’s group persuade mari to join them , despite her mother’s concern , for some fairground fun and games . this leads into the most famous sequence in the film , the merry - go - round ride .
just gorgeous . shots that convey the depth of feeling of a silent combined with some of the best use of music i can remember to tell a story of patriarchy and love . the rhythm of editing to go with the constant music is impeccable .
it ' s definitely not an exciting film , but it does have it ' s moments and is my favorite of the marathon so far .
• lucía by humberto solas ( 1968 , 2h40 , cuba ) a presentation of the film foundation . restored by cineteca di bologna at l’immagine ritrovata laboratory in association with instituto cubano del arte e industria cinematográficos ( icaic ) . restoration funded by turner classic movies and the film foundation’s world cinema project .
•1981 : człowiek z ż elaza ( man of iron / l’homme de fer ) by andrzej wajda ( 2h33 , poland ) : palme d’or . a presentation of the zebra film studio ( studio filmowe zebra ) with the collaboration of the polish film institute . 2k film restoration from original colour 35 mm negative . restored sound from original magnetic tape . restoration lead by daniel pietrzyk , colour grading lead by aleksandra kraus , at yakumama film , warsaw . sound restoration lead by tomasz dukszta . artistic supervision by : andrzej wajda ( director ) , jerzy łukaszewicz ( dop ) , piotr zawadzki ( sound ) .
the second is the recurring theme of merry - go - rounds . the film opens in the midst of a carnival where we see the young lovers enjoying a ride together , escaping for a temporary moment of happiness before they have to return to sad reality . then later in the pivotal scene of the film , one that takes place at a local wedding . the lovers dance while a folk band plays , and the world around them seems to fade away . however , in reality they are soon the only couple on the dance floor and the whole village , including mari ' s husband to be , is staring at them while they dance away . the furious editing , interspersing scenes of their previous carnival ride with their dance , accentuated by the incredible sound of their feet as they spin to the music , builds a wonderful tension that words can ' t describe , just an incredibly directed and memorable sequence .
• david stratton - a cinematic life by sally aitken ( 2017 , 1h37 , australia ) presented by stranger than fiction films . produced by stranger than fiction films , with screen australia , abc tv arts , screen nsw and adelaide film festival . an love adventure of film critic david stratton with his adopted country , australia , which led him to understand himself . it is also the glorious history of australian cinema and its creators told by this cannes - regular film - lover interested in the world .
the whole sequence takes just two minutes eleven seconds and , in thirty one shots ( giving an average shot length for the sequence of 4 . 2 seconds ) establishes many of the major themes of the film : máté and mari’s affection for each other , the supporting roles of their friends , pataki’s disapproval , etc . ) . while the merry - go - round ride is in motion , máté and mari , sitting near to each other , reach out , hold hands and finally embrace and kiss . by the 20th shot of the sequence , the bell signalling the end of the ride can be heard and a medium close up registers mari’s disappointment . in the last shot of the sequence máté also gives mari a mészeskalacs - szív , similar but smaller than the one given by farkas earlier . the father’s gruff voice is heard off - frame and mari goes over to him to receive a stern reprimand for such shameful behaviour . contemptuously , he knocks away a balloon that mari has been holding and the camera follows it up into the sky and out of sight . this is the end of the fairground scene .
•1970 : soleil o ( oh , sun ) by med hondo ( 1h38 , mauritania - france ) : semaine de la critique . presented by the film foundation . restored by cineteca di bologna at l ' immagine ritrovata laboratory in collaboration with med hondo . restoration funded by the george lucas family foundation and the film foundation ' s world cinema project .
• native son ( sang noir ) by pierre chenal ( 1951 , 1h47 , argentina ) a presentation by argentina sono film . restoration with the collaboration of the library of congress .
hungary is not one of the countries from which we expect outstandingly fine films [ sic ] . this year [ at cannes ] was full of surprises . körhinta ( a little fairground ) [ sic ] – directed by zoltán fábri with blea [ sic ] barsi , manyi kiss and mari törőcsik – is a warm - hearted story of village love and life… the old story is told with charm and no little skill . ( 1956 : 34 )
•1980 : all that jazz ( que le spectacle commence ) by bob fosse ( 1979 , 2h03 , united states of america ) : palme d’or ex - æquo . presented by park circus . 4k restoration by twentieth century fox and the academy film archive in collaboration with the film foundation . the restoration was produced from the original camera negative at sony colorworks in culver city california .
balaz , bela . “the close - up” in erica carter , ed . , bela balazs : early film theory ( new york : berghahn books , 2010 ) , pp . 38 - 45
while watching this film there are two things about this film that stand out , the first is mari töröcsik , who is strikingly beautiful and delivers an amazing performance . she is effortlessly able to convey youthful innocence , wonder , anguish , joy and everything in between with just a look ; and the camera often captures these expressions with dreyer like tight close - up shots of her face .
the wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother - in - law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son , whom she believes is in new york making a film .
[ i ] most of his acting was on the stage . of his two performances on film the best known is in péter bácso’s the witness ( tanu , 1969 – released in 1979 ) .
[ iii ] however , much of this discussion was couched in the wooden clichéd tones of socialist realist criticism , centring around such shibboleths as whether or not the film had brought out the ‘role of the party’ sufficiently . see , for example , miklós molnár in free people ( szabad nép , 5 january 1953 ) who moaned that the film showed a gap between the party and the masses .
alexander dubcek , the figurehead of the prague spring , once used the famous phrase , ‘socialism with a human face’ to describe the political changes taking place in czechoslovakia in the mid - 60s , but the words could just as easily come from nagy . fábri , who was never a party member , was by all accounts an admirer of nagy and some of the attitudes of the new course can be seen in merry - go - round . máté bíró although a worker on a co - operative does not ram his views , stalinist - fashion , down anyone’s throat . he proceeds by discussion and argument and , most of all , by example . when he argues with pataki in the co - operative office about the merits and demerits of the co - operative ethos he also criticises the leaders of the co - operative who he accuses of not doing their job properly . he is the voice of reason and of modernity . but if this was all the film was about it would have made little impact . after the years of shortages , stalinism , secret police coming in the night , censorship , and the mounting lies and the outright sham of the ‘workers’ paradise’ , hungarian cinema - goers were able to see and enjoy a film which was , in essence a love story , which centered around real people , in a real situation , who spoke something like recognisable dialogue . gone were the cardboard cutout worker heroes – a point which gained in power from the casting of imre soós who , in the past , had so often played these very roles . the film did have a political edge but as so many commentators noted this never overwhelmed the film , ultimately this is a story about people , about generations , about different ways of life , of tradition versus modernity , and about love crossing barriers . it is these elements that made the film what it was and why it had such an impact , perfectly capturing the mood of the times , and without reading into the film things that aren’t there , nor forcing an interpretation that ‘over - reads’ its impact , fábri’s tale of village love played its small part in capturing the mood of the times and transmitting it around the country . that mood , a mixture of emotion , anger and hope , that sense of a need for change , was encapsulated in the image of two young lovers on a fairground ride .
highlighting foreign , independent , and cult cinema that many may not be aware of . in the hopes of encouraging others to explore a film they ' ve never seen , or revisit one that they adore again .
in conclusion , yvette biro’s landscape after battle : films from “the other europe” has made valid and important points to consider when focusing on central european cinema which are : the sociopolitical situation and tradition has greatly impact on the spatial construction in films ( rural and urban spaces ) and on how the character’s faces are shown . different qualities / construction of space ( the city , rural , the human face ) applies differently and similarly to polish , hungarian and czech cinema . biro concludes these three national films have projected the spirit of dispirited places in different ways ( biro . 181 ) and that places are the extensions of people’s lives insofar as they reflect the emotions that they feel . biro’s arguments only lack in depth of focus in each individual films mentioned in the arguments which are much needed to further this understanding of the complexities that these films demonstrate . however , biro’s analysis of hungarian and czech cinema is still relevant to films like the hand and merry - go - round to a certain extent . lastly , from exploring biro’s argument , it can be noted that there needs to be more research and attention to each individual central european films created in this time period .
‘ [ … ] french president francois mitterand , said if he thought of what a film was , he thought of the laughing face of a girl . the girl is circling around in the seat of a village fair carousel , next to her there is a peasant boy in the other seat , they fly , they soar , sometimes they can touch , sometimes they get separated but the girl keeps on laughing and this laugh is unforgettable . he didn’t know in which country the film was made , he didn’t know the director’s name but he could never forget the laughing face of the girl , and for him this image was the essence of the film . ’
holloway , ronald . “the short film in eastern europe : art & politics of cartoons and puppets , ” in david paul , ed . , politics , art and commitment in east european cinema ( new york : st . martin’s , 1983 ) , pp . 225 - 51
while fábri practiced and honed his craft momentous events were happening elsewhere . on 5 march 1953 , soviet dictator joseph stalin died and a train of events was set in motion which would eventually lead to the hungarian uprising of 1956 . communist party reformer imre nagy replaced stalinist hardliner mátyás rákosi as hungarian prime minister and began to introduce a series of reforms . this had a far - reaching effect on art and culture and slowly but steadily filmmakers began to flex their creative muscles becoming less - inclined to follow the dictates of zhdanov’s socialist realism [ v ] and its endless idiotic speechifying , spotless , cardboard cut - out , worker heroes , factory love , massed choirs , pig iron statistics and wooden dialogue .
the program of the 2017 edition of cannes classics consists of twenty - four screenings , one short film and five documentaries . the films are screened as wanted by the right - holders , in dcp 2k or dcp 4k , and l ' atalante by jean vigo that gaumont wished to screen in 35mm .
i ' m going to attach a film essay that i ' ve done on space . as a way of saying : i didn ' t find any available resources ( there was nothing on wikipedia ) so here ' s the work . its a pity that i ' m such a weak writer .
•1976 : babatu , les trois conseils by jean rouch ( 1h33 , nigeria - france ) : in competition . pressented by the cnc , inoussa ousseini , the comité du film ethnographique and the fondation jean rouch . digital restoration made from the 2k digitization of the 16mm negatives . restoration carried out by l21 .
dan zukovic ' s
dark arc
, a bizarre modern noir dark comedy called
absolutely brilliant . . . truly and completely different . . .
in film threat , was recently released on dvd through vanguard cinema urltoken and is currently debuting on cable video on demand . the film had it ' s world premiere at the montreal festival , and it ' s us premiere at the cinequest film festival . featuring sarah strange (
white noise
) , kurt max runte (
x - men
,
battlestar gallactica
, ) and dan zukovic ( director and star of the cult comedy
the last big thing
) . featuring the glam / punk tunes
dark fruition
,
ire and angst
and
f . byronfitzbaudelaire
, and a dark orchestral score by neil burnett . trailer : urltoken * * * * * ( five stars )
absolutely brilliant . . . truly and completely different . . . something you ' ve never tasted before . . .
film threat
a black comedy about a very strange love triangle
seattle times
consistently stunning images . . . a bizarre blend of art , sex , and opium ,
dark arc
plays like a candy - coloured version of david lynch .
ifc news
sarah strange is as decadent as angelina jolie thinks she is . . . don ' t see this movie sober !
metroactive movies
equal parts film noir intrigue , pop culture send - up , brain teaser and visual feast .
american cinematheque
the rest of the film was shot in the studio or on location around debrecen . one scene , when wedding guests are riding in wagons to the wedding feast , was set in the hortobágy , a marsh area near debrecen which has a famous arched stone bridge which can be seen briefly in this sequence .
hegyi began his career in film in the early 1940s as a camera assistant . his first major work as cinematographer came on a 1940 production , swap ( cserebere ) , directed by lászló cserépy for the minor aurora studio . from this point until his death he worked on 89 films including such important productions as géza radványi’s somewhere in europe ( valahol európában , 1947 ) , istván szőts’s song from the wheat fields ( ének a búzamezőkről , 1947 only released in 1979 ) , and an adaptation of emile zola’s classic novel germinal , a french - hungarian co - production directed by yves allegret . his last work was for félix máriássy on his film fig - leaf ( fügefalevél ) in 1966 . he died shortly before its release .
• paparazzi by jacques rozier ( 1963 , 18mn , france ) presented by jacques rozier and la cinémathèque française . 4k digitization and 2k restoration works made from image and sound negatives at hiventy laboratory , with the support of the cnc and in collaboration with les archives audiovisuelles de monaco , la cinémathèque suisse and extérieur nuit . the film will be introduced by jacques rozier .
- many of the film innovations and films we consider to be
western
are actually central european . it gets quite hard to believe as the region is seen as backwards and completely homogeneous . or actually , the fact that a lot of talented people come from these areas to bring their culture to the west . this migration was mostly due to changing government regimes that scared the fuck out of people . the anti - semitic attitudes in the 1930s ( ~ ) . and the typical soviet occupation and central european dissolves into what is known as the eastern bloc . one flew over the cuckoos nest by milos foreman - american / czech film ? poland had the pleograph jiri trnka was considered the walt disney of central europe - but i say this with great hesitation because its still placing jiri trnka under a figure . but i hope it pertains to this idea that jiri trnka was as influential , innovative and respected as an animation artist . and that he worked under this censored regime - but much like all the other talented central european directors - the political and social agenda of the film is still present but heavily hidden behind the image .
• 1976 : ai no korîda ( in the realm of the senses / l’empire des sens ) de nagisa oshima ( 1h43 , france - japan ) : quinzaine des réalisateurs . presented by argos films and tamasa . digization and 4k resoration from the original negative by eclair . sound restoration from the original magnetic sound by l . e . diapason . the film will be released in french theaters .
• l’atalante by jean vigo ( 1934 , 1h28 , france ) , restored 35mm print presented by gaumont , la cinémathèque française and the film foundation of martin scorsese . first digital restoration in 4k and conversion to a 35mm print . a new discovery of the closest version of the director’s work thanks to gaumont , luce vigo and historian bernard eisenschitz . restoration carried out at l’image retrouvée laboratory in bologna and paris .
• a river runs through it ( et au milieu coule une rivière ) by robert redford ( 1992 , 2h04 , united states of america ) presented by pathé . 4k scan and 4k restoration from original image and sound 35mm negatives . restoration carried out by pathé at technicolor france laboratory for the image in collaboration with philippe rousselot , cinematographer of the film , and l . e . diapason for the sound restoration .
space is physical distance and area . in films , space is automatically limited to what the camera can show ( framing ) . within the image that the camera projects , space is constructed . the ways that the space is constructed and the relations between the characters , space , and narrative are important aspects to investigate when it comes to discussing postwar central european film . because of the political & social situation in central europe , space is unique and central when discussing central european films of this period . what is fundamental about this discussion is the destruction of land in central europe after the war ( destruction of space ) and the emergence of new ideology and governance in central europe ( new constructions of space ) . these qualities of space are the most important of the visual images conveyed by east european film ( biro . 163 ) . this paper will use
•1946 : la bataille du rail ( battle of the rails ) by rené clément ( 1h25 , france ) : grand prix international de la mise en scène and prix du jury international . presented by ina . film digitized and restored by ina with the support of the cnc . 2k restoration made from an acetate interpositive and an answer print . technical means : jean - pierre peltier . coordination : bénilde da ponte , brice amouroux .
•1967 : skuplja č i perja ( i even met happy gypsies / j ' ai même rencontré des tziganes heureux ) by aleksandar petrović ( 1h22 , serbia ) : in competition , grand prix spécial du jury ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci ex - aequo presented by jugoslovenska kinoteka / the yugoslav film archive and malavida . new 35mm print from the original negative in perfect shape then scanned in 2k and cleaned up .
during my third year at the academy of fine arts , when i had already shown pictures at two exhibitions , i was suddenly scared by the discovery that , with the increase of my professional routine , something had changed . there was no longer the same heat and fever in my work ; i seemed to work with much greater ease but the joy of creation had faded , and everything i had done appeared to be manneristic ( hungarian film bulletin 1967 / 4 : 5 )
•1969 : matzor ( siege / siège ) by gilberto tofano ( 1h29 , israel ) : in competition . a presentation of the jerusalem cinematheque – israel film archive , in partnership with united king films and the support of the rabinovich foundation . the original 35mm black and white negatives were scanned in 4k by cinelab romania . it was digitally restored and finalized in 2k by opus digital lab in tel aviv . restoration and color grading lead by ido karilla , supervised by dop david gurfinkel .
in biro’s discussion of city life in these different national contexts , the city is defined as “the place of deprivation” ( biro . 164 ) . biro claims that the setting of barren houses and rundown walls give spectators insight into the bleakness of a dispirited generation’s urban world in skolimowski’s barrier ( 1966 ) ( biro . 164 ) . moreover , the absence of human warmth in the polish film city housing conditions that biro discusses entails a general negative perspective on the city conditions and connects with polish history and tradition ( biro . 165 ) . the city is a crucial site when it comes to discuss the dynamic relationship between identity and space . biro does not delve into directly specific scenes in skolimowski’s films but glosses over them .
oh boy and i thought my event horizon review will get me into trouble . . . i watched this movie for the first time in 2006 at the international film festival in berlin . since this movie is 50 years old , it ' s clear that the pacing is slow . but that wasn ' t the main point that bothered me . because in general i also like slow paced films . it is just that the story as it was on screen didn ' t appeal to me . and that might only be me ( i ' m not here to offend any lover of this movie , especially as this was hailed by the critics in cannes ) , because the movie itself is well executed . but i think there could be more here . . . so if you like slow paced movies , which play in a village , where people live that might have more to them , than they initially show , than this might appeal to you ( more than it did to me ) ( yes there is an underlying social commentary in there , but again it didn ' t leave me with an impression )
the program of cannes classics 2017 will be dedicated for its most part to the history of the festival .
almost fifteen years ago , when the relationship between contemporary cinema and its own memory was about to be shaken by the emergent arrival of digital technology , the festival de cannes created cannes classics , a selection that displays the work of valorisation of heritage cinema carried out by the production companies , the right - holders , the cinematheques or the national archives around the world .
being now an essential component of the official selection and a presence of the history of cinema which inspired several international festivals , cannes classics showcases vintage films and masterpieces of the history of cinema in restored prints . because cannes is also devoted with the mission of enchanting the audience of today ' s relationship with the memory of cinema , cannes classics puts the prestige of the biggest festival of the world at the service of the cinema rediscovered , accompanying all the new exhibitions : releasing in movie theaters , on vod or on dvd / blu - ray editions of the great works of the past .
the films selected for this 2017 edition will focus mostly on the history of cannes . they come from nations that have allowed the festival de cannes to become a land of cinematographic discoveries : hungary , lebanon , serbia , united kingdom , italy , united states , israel , mauritania , niger , poland , switzerland , japan , spain , the netherlands , canada , belgium and australia . many countries which also consider that safeguarding heritage cinema is essential .
the films will be screened in the palais des festivals , salle buñuel or salle du soixantième , in attendance of those who have restored them and , if they are still among us , of those who have directed them .
•1953 : le salaire de la peur ( the wages of fear ) by henri - georges clouzot ( 1952 , 2h33 , france , italy ) : grand prix . presented by tf1 studio in collaboration with la cinémathèque française and the support of the cnc , of the archives audiovisuelles de monaco , of kodak and the cgr cinémas . 4k restoration from nitrate image negative and a sound duplicate made by hiventy . please note that this presentation is the preview of a major clouzot event scheduled in france in the fall of 2017 .
•1957 : ila ayn ? ( vers l ' inconnu ? ) by georges nasser ( 1h30 , lebanon ) : in competition . presented by abbout productions and fondation liban cinema . with the generous support of bankmed – lebanon . the original 35mm fine grain master positive was scanned in 4k , retouched and color - corrected in a resolution of 2k . all works were carried out by neyrac films - france . sound restoration by db studios - lebanon . in collaboration with the talkies . world sales : nadi lekol nas .
•1967 : blow - up by michelangelo antonioni ( 1966 , 1h51 , united kingdom , italy , united states of america ) : grand prix international du festival . presented by criterion , cineteca di bologna and istituto luce - cinecittà , in collaboration with warner bros and park circus . restoration work carried out at criterion , new york and l ' immagine ritrovata , bologna under the supervision of director of photography luca bigazzi .
•1982 : yol – the full version ( the way / la permission ) by yilmaz güney , directed by serif g ö ren ( 1h53 , switzerland ) : palme d ' or ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci presented by dfk films ltd . zürich . restoration from the original 35mm negative , from the interpositive and the positive print . restoration and new sound mix from the original digitized tapes . international sales : the match factory .
•1983 : narayama bushik ō ( ballad of narayama / la ballade de narayama ) by shôhei imamura ( 2h13 , japan ) : palme d’or . presented by toei . 4k scan , image restoration arriscan and sound golden eye in 2k from the 35mm original negative , a duplicate and video tapes .
•1992 : el sol del membrillo ( le songe de la lumière ) by victor erice ( 2h20 , spain ) : prix du jury ex - æquo , prix de la critique internationale - fipresci presented by the filmoteca de catalunya and camm cinco sl . 6k scan , restoration and color - grading from the 35mm negatives and other original video tapes . digitazing and sound restoration from 35mm magnetic tapes . technical support made by the filmoteca de catalunya , supervised by victor erice . variations on the initial editing brought by the director .
•1951 - 1999 : a short history of short films presented by the festival de cannes . a program curated by christian jeune and jacques kermabon . spiegel van holland ( miroirs de hollande ) by bert haanstra ( 1951 , 10mn , the netherlands ) / la seine a rencontré paris by joris ivens ( 1958 , 32mn , france ) / pas de deux by norman mclaren ( 1968 , 13mn , canada ) / harpya by raoul servais ( 1979 , 9mn , belgium ) / peel by jane campion ( 1986 , 9mn , australia ) / l’interview by xavier giannoli ( 1998 , 15mn , france ) / when the day breaks by amanda forbis and wendy tilby ( 1999 , 10mn , canada )
• madame de… by max ophüls ( 1953 , 1h45 , france ) a gaumont restoration . a show to pay a tribute to danielle darrieux for her birthday and presented by dominique besnehard , pierre murat and henri - jean servat who will screen the latest filmed interview of danielle darrieux .
• belle de jour ( beauty of the day ) by luis buñuel ( 1967 , 1h40 , france ) presented by studiocanal . digitization from the original negative and 4k restoration carried out by hiventy laboratory for studiocanal with the support of the cnc , of la cinémathèque française , of the fonds culturel franco - américain and the maison yves saint laurent . french theater distribution : carlotta .
• la belge histoire du festival de cannes ( the belgian ' s road to cannes ) by henri de gerlache ( 2017 , 1h02 , belgium ) presented by alizé production . produced by alizé production , co - produced by rtbf ( belgian television ) & proximus . a joyful road movie to discover the belgian cinema which has been at cannes for 70 years . the filmmakers of yesterday are talking with those of today to paint a picture of a free and heterogeneous cinema . a
belgian story
of the biggest festival in the world .
• filmworker by tony zierra ( 2017 , 1h29 , united states of america ) presented and produced by true studio cinema . young actor leon vitali abandoned his prosperous career after barry lyndon to become the faithful right hand of director stanley kubrick . for more than two decades , leon has played a crucial role behind the scenes by helping kubrick . a complex and interdependent relationship between leon and kubrick based on devotion , sacrifice and the harsh and joyful reality of creative process .
• becoming cary grant ( cary grant - de l ' autre côté du miroir ) by mark kidel ( 2017 , 1h25 , france ) presented by arte france and showtime documentary films . produced by yuzu productions , coproduced by arte france , in association with ro * co films productions . cary grant is one of the biggest hollywood actors . in his fifties , he started a cure of lsd to free himself from his demons . for the first time , with his words , he retraces his journey . the story of a man in search of himself and the love he did not find in his life . the words of cary grant are interpreted by jonathan pryce .
• jean douchet , l ' enfant agité by fabien hagège , guillaume namur , vincent haasser ( 2017 , 1h30 , france ) presented and produced by carlotta and kidam . three young cinephiles follow jean douchet , question his friends and former students . this documentary reveals the man and his critical philosophy , a part of the history of the cahiers du cinéma and this art of loving to which he has devoted his existence .
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