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"The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" Novel betrayed by the film
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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Does a film set in an alternative location from the novel compromise the storyline? And is it possible to represent the characters in the way the author may have originally perceived them? The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne was written by Brian Moore and set in pre Troubles Belfast in the '50s. When Jack Clayton decided to make a film of the book in 1987 he decided to move the location to 1950s Dublin. At first these seems quite a strange thing to do, they were obviously two very different cities in, one could argue, two different countries. By setting it outside Belfast, the director is making a conscious decision to simply eradicate the major section of a community which must have some implications upon the integrity of the story line and character development. This is what I would like to discuss tonight. Furthermore the portrayal...
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