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Re: Russian Mysterious Island Movie

From: Drake Lolley <drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:47:28 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

  

Chris,

I have heard of the movie before, mainly through its
wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Island_(1941_film) [4]

I did
notice that the description of this particular adaption sounded much
more accurate than the versions that I had seen. Unfortunately, I was
unable to view the movie until this morning, when I followed some of the
links that were kindly provided by other members. From what I have been
able to watch so far, this version is definitely the most accurate that
I have seen. The only "problem" that I have with it is my own fault; I
can't understand a word of Russian! Does anyone here know of a version
that might have English subtitles or closed captioning? Otherwise, I
shall enjoy the Russian version as a sort of "silent film".

On a side
note, does anyone know of a list of the most accurate English-language
film adaptions of Verne's works? Thanks everyone!

Drake

On Tue, 30
Aug 2011 05:32:01 -0700, crmoser~at~shaw.ca wrote:

> Drake - have you
seen the Russian version of " The Mysterious Island " ? It seems to be
by far the most faithful to the book
>
> Chris
>
>> ----- Original
Message -----
>> FROM: Drake Lolley [2]
>> TO: Jules Verne Forum [3]

>> SENT: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:58 PM
>> SUBJECT: Re: Jules Verne
Radio Shows
>>
>> Alex,
>>
>> Thanks for the correction! I should
have looked closer at the dates... I have already listed to the 1938
recording, and I enjoyed the parts that they lift in, and lamented the
parts that they left out. Obviously, it was impossible to fit the entire
book into one radio program, and so many portions were very briefly
summarized "journal entry" style. It sounds like the 1946 recording
might be more interesting from a comedic point of view; I'm glad that I
listened to the earlier version!
>>
>> By the way, I have found a
radio adaption of "The Mysterious Island", which is my favorite Jules
Verne book. I have just started listening to it, so let's hope that the
plot is not badly mangled. Unfortunately, I have had some very bad
experiences with Mysterious Island adaptions in the past, particularly
in movies. Thanks again!
>>
>> Drake
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011
13:17:47 -0700 (PDT), Alex Kirstukas wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Drake,
>>>
>>>
Just a quick note -- Welles's 1938 recording isn't the same as his 1946
one. The former is a straightforward adaptation of 80D (the Stephen W.
White translation); the latter is a condensed version of, and long
commercial for, Welles's Broadway musical Around the World (songs by
Cole Porter, adaptation again from the White translation). Both are
interesting, but rather strange; the 1938 Aouda sounds like Natasha
Fatale from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, and the 1946 Cole Porter songs
are extremely silly. ("Phileas" is made to rhyme with "Piccadilly-ous,"
and the big romantic number is built around the line "Should I tell you
that I love you, or wait till you tell me?"!)
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
-------------------------
>>> FROM: Drake Lolley
>>> TO: Jules Verne
Forum
>>> SENT: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:19 PM
>>> SUBJECT: Re: Jules
Verne Radio Shows
>>>
>>> Mr. Keeline,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your
reply! The only "vintage" recording of a Jules Verne radio drama that I
could find on Archive.org was here:
>>>
http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre [1]
>>>
>>>
This was, of course, the same recording that was kindly brought to light
earlier by Mr. Kytasaari.__
>>> I have done some more research into the
matter since my last post, and I have unearthed a few more available
vintage recordings. I don't know if this is a topic that interests
anyone else here on the forum, but I will try to post my findings. It
would be great to see all of these recordings in one place! This may be
one of my future projects.
>>> I have looked into librivox and other
similar services in the past, but unfortunately I have not had much luck
with them. Being a speed reader, I found that the slow reading pace of
many of the recordings was very trying to the nerves! This, of course,
was my fault and not theirs, and I greatly admire the spirit of these
projects... I have just found that reading the actual book is easier for
me. I greatly appreciate that you took the time to look up these
sources, though. Thank you!
>>>
>>> Drake
>>>
>>> On Sat, 27 Aug
2011 19:26:39 -0700 (PDT), James Keeline wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not quite in
the classic radio drama class but more like "books on tape" are the
readings offered free on http://www.LibriVox.org which are performed by
amateurs. Some are better than others, of course. The Verne titles may
be found on this search:
>>>>
>>>>
https://catalog.librivox.org/search.php?author=Jules+Verne
>>>>
>>>>
Archive.org has many radio dramas but I don't notice any of the vintage
ones on this Jules Verne search. There may be other items of interest
though:
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22Jules%20Verne%22%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio

>>>>
>>>> At the very least you could fill up your iPod or other MP3
player with these readings available in several languages.
>>>>
>>>>
James D. Keeline
>>>> _____
>>>>
>>>> http://www.Keeline.com
>>>>
http://Stratemeyer.org
>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------
>>>>> FROM:
Brian Taves
>>>>> TO: Jules Verne Forum
>>>>> SENT: Saturday, August
27, 2011 8:58 AM
>>>>> SUBJECT: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
>>>>>
>>>>>
Years ago I traced the English-language radio-audio adaptations of JV.
My definition included from an dramatized version, to a condensation
read by a single reader, but excluded straightforward readings of by a
single individual of an entire novel, ie book-on-tape or audio book.

>>>>>
>>>>> The total was around fifty, from the early days of radio
in the 1930s, thru the present. I know that there are at least that many
and more broadcast in such countries as France, Germany, and the former
Czechoslovakia.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian

  

Links:
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[1]
http://www.archive.org/details/1946MercurySummerTheatre
[2]
mailto:drake~at~onlinebluegrasslessons.com
[3] mailto:jvf~at~Gilead.org.il
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Island_(1941_film)
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