father's role

Deanna 2022-03-24 09:03:07

The person who makes the melodrama has unlimited access to the possibilities of human emotion, because melodrama gives the director absolute freedom, the only thing to be aware of is to understand before the situation becomes too absurd and completely unacceptable. , stop in time.
Here, Dickens' genius and Polanski's interpretation are astonishingly merged to deliver the strongest indictment that the tragedy of the separation of father and son is the result of public sanctioned, blinded, and publicly exhibited, legitimate violence. And the basis of this kind of violence is the retribution of good and evil that has been deliberately interpreted.

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Oliver Twist quotes

  • Fagin: Do you know what I consider the greatest sin in the world, my dear? Ingratitude. That's what you're guilty of. Ingratitude.

  • Fagin: You're like yourself tonight, Bill.

    [puts his hand on Bill's shoulder]

    Fagin: Quite like yourself.

    Bill Sykes: Well I don't feel like myself when you lay that wicked old claw on my shoulder, so take it away!