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Re: Russian Mysterious Island Movie

From: Craig Weatherhill <craig~at~agantavas.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:44 +0100
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Can it be found on line?

Craig



On 30 Est 2011, at 13:42, Steve wrote:

>
> have you seen the Russian version of " The Mysterious Island " ? It
> seems to be by far the most faithful to the book
>
> I have seen it and I concur. I believe it was filmed while WW II
> raged. Amazing!
>
> Steve S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: crmoser <crmoser~at~shaw.ca>
> To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 8:33 am
> Subject: Re: Jules Verne Radio Shows
>
> 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
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>

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Craig Weatherhill

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