Excellent Rendering of the Novel
I wasn't expecting much, and the horrendous VHS-to-DVD transfer didn't help matters, but the close following of screenplay to novel, and the perfect casting of O'Toole as the vulnerable English aristocrat, makes this TV?!? adaptation a must see.
Much of the quality and suspense of the novel comes through, and the wordiness if you will of the script gave O'Toole the freedom to express his character and the political-vs-personal tensions Household filled _Rogue Male_ with.
This must have been an English production, I can't imagine an American one including the racial characterizations, 30's political details, or the quick repartee.
Much of the quality and suspense of the novel comes through, and the wordiness if you will of the script gave O'Toole the freedom to express his character and the political-vs-personal tensions Household filled _Rogue Male_ with.
This must have been an English production, I can't imagine an American one including the racial characterizations, 30's political details, or the quick repartee.
- rsquires
- Jan 21, 2007