heynow456
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The book was fabulous and remains one of my favorites. The movie, for some reason reminded me of "The Thorn Birds"--I guess because I felt so much was left out, and it would have been better as a mini-series.
The book evokes a much more magical, mythical, and "Spirit"-ual feeling that reflects the special flavor of life in South America, especially with Clara having green hair, and more powers in the book. A lot of that feeling is left out of the movie.
However, the movie mostly makes up for this lack in the extremely vivid presentation of the characters' emotions.
The book evokes a much more magical, mythical, and "Spirit"-ual feeling that reflects the special flavor of life in South America, especially with Clara having green hair, and more powers in the book. A lot of that feeling is left out of the movie.
However, the movie mostly makes up for this lack in the extremely vivid presentation of the characters' emotions.
I saw this movie late one night on PBS while living in Denver, Colorado, in either 1988 or '89. It made quite an impression! I was thrilled to see this actor in later movies and I remembered him from this. That actor, of course, turned out to be the now-famous Tim Roth. The most memorable scene in the film occurs when the social worker tries to talk some sense into Trevor, and Trevor replies with a barrage of cursing which was truly inspiring to my, then, 13-year-old mind.