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Re: The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians-film

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:10:07 -0500 (EST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 Rfbagby~at~aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/29/2003 8:38:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, jirina.vaskova~at~tiscali.cz writes:
>
> >I would like to ask the members of the JV Forum what is their opinion
> about the Czech film The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians. It was
> shot in 1981. This film features actors such as Milo? Kopecky´
> (Gortz), Michal Do?olomansky´ ( Teleke), Jan Hartl ( Dek), Vlastimil
> Brodsky´ ( Teleke´s servant ), Rudolf Hru?ínsky´ ( Orfanik ) and so
> on. >The film is very amusing, full of humorous sketches and almost
> faithfully reflects the novel apart from some differences. It´s one of
> my most favourite films. Your opinions, please. >David Va?ek, Czech
> Republic REPLY: I have an incomplete copy of this (lacks the ending,
> though I know what that is from Brian Taves's review of its arthouse
> release in the US.) I concur that it's quite good, particularly the
> very eccentric inventions modelled on body parts (I believe those
> effects are by Svankmeier, but after learning I misremembered Terence
> Stamp as Christopher Lee in MONSTER ISLAND --!) It struck me that this
> version, while humorous, well explored Verne's theme of the futile
> human desire for immortality, as the attempts to literally capture the
> elusive La Stilla through Art (Gortz), Memory (the singer), and
> Science (Orfanik) each fail in a different fashion. (A bit heavy, but
> you asked ;-) RF Bagby
>
I could send a xerox of the 1980s review (four pages) if desired.


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