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Re: Planet of the Apes

From: <Rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 13:33:40 EDT
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In a message dated Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:15:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Gerald Pavano <pavano~at~snet.net> writes:

> Hello fellow Vernians,
> With the current re-release of "Planet of the Apes", would anyone care
> to comment on any correlation between the movie and Verne's beliefs in the
> "Darwin Theory" Could the author of "Planet" have read Jules Verne - perhaps
> 3Le Village Aérien2 As I recall Evans had translated the story in the early
> 60's.
> Regards,
> Gerald Pavano
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Gerald, PLANET is based on a FRENCH novel by Pierre Boulle (whose inability to speak English was why giving him sole screen credit for the film BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI -- the English language screenwriters being blacklisted at the time -- was so controversial.) But the "evolutionary novel" was an old genre long before L'ARIEN, and Boulle's novel is more a Swiftian imaginary journey than a Vernian extraordinary voyage.
RF Bagby
Received on Tue 24 Jul 2001 - 20:34:16 IDT

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