Wednesday, October 24, 2018
The Laramie Project and Its Adaptation
I'm interested in knowing how you reacted to the film adaptation of the play. Remember, the play was originally performed on stage and by the members of the Tectonic Theater Project. The adaptation uses celebs like Steve Buscemi, Christina Ricci, and Laura Linney among others. How do you think this changes it? Also, actors played multiple characters in the stage version, but in the film each actor only plays one person (Laura Linney who is pretty famous is only on-screen for one brief scene.) What effect do you think this has on the adaptation? How was the experience of watching the film different than or similar to reading the text?
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Watching the story in screen was verifying the most honest, sincere a person can have during this time when hate is examined by the people of the city. It is surreal to see the actors connected with the characters it brings life to the story. I had hard time not to cry to the scene with the Angel's customs the characters was wearing to try to cover the ugliness of the misspoken man while the trial was going after Mathew's death.he had so much hated in his speach, and you see those Angels standing there with tears over their eyes it was heartbreaking for me. The last scene when Doc o'connor described how he would think...
ReplyDeleteThe Laramie project film adaptation was pretty good in my opinion. I like the movie adaptation because if it was a play I wouldn't be able to sit through it so long. Using more different actors than having a few actors play many roles was a good idea because it helps with being more immersive
ReplyDeleteFrom start to finish, I watched the movie with the intention of comparing the film to the book, a foolish thing of me to do. I somehow felt more amused, a reaction I believe shouldn't be a proper reaction. I was so focused on the words mentioned by the actors, I was largely impressed with how I was able to remember word for word. Even more so that they were faithful to the dialogue of the book.
ReplyDeleteLuckily, I dropped this mindset of only looking for comparisons in the middle of the film. I felt so immersed to the story, though not to a point where it felt like I was there. The sound effects heard in the film, things that were obviously not present within the book and probably the play, made me felt emotional. A successful manipulation of pathos on their part. Leave it to the professionals to know how the heartstrings can be pulled. I felt sad yet happy in some moments, perhaps it was exactly as they intended. This may explain their back and forth treatment of people that support Matthew and those that possesses some form of opposition towards him in any way.
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