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Re: Reading Jules Verne--any takers? (fwd)

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:32:32 +0200 (CEST)
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I send again this reply, that didn't make way to the Forum:

> Thanks to the films the bookstores stock volumes that they otherwise
> wouldn't, and publishers issue new editions. This is even true when the
> film is as bad as Jackie Chan's version of 80.
>
> Perhaps not in Europe, but in the US the Disney 20K has clearly helped the
> explosion of new readers and new editions (just look at the artwork, for
> instance, on the Bonner paperbacks issued over decades).
>
> There has been an even clearer direct link between the rising popularity
> of Voyage au centre in the English-reading world and the 1959 film.
>
> Brian Taves

What a paradox! So, I take off to these films for their much useful extra function.

As to the Voyage au centre de la Terre of 1959, this film was good, even excellent if compared with the most recent adaptation.

Jan Rychlik
Received on Fri 01 Oct 2004 - 21:32:47 IST

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