Most recent public comments by Shreya Menon https://nowcomment.com/users/23439 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635177 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=635177 So in regards to Sarty, he on some level knows that what is going on is wrong because the rest of his family doesn't not accept or participate in the acts of Abe. So he knows that what his father must be doing is wrong. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:54:55 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635175 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635175 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:50:29 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635174 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=635174 Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:47:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634482 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634482 This snovel is quite different from his other works since this novel heavily focused more about an impoverished white family, their social standing and the invitation of presenting numerous point of views. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:01:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634469 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634469 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:44:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634466 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634466 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:39:52 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634461 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634461 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:27:45 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634459 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634459 The split screen method may be confusing in general but it is definitely on to something. It showcases an effort taken to respectfully adapt the novel. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:37:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634457 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634457 But I think I find this true on many accounts of films that are adaptations of novels. As I Lay Dying is very much a film that can't be justly critiqued without reading the novel. But reader that do view the film will appreciate the efforts taken to recreate the novel. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:15:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634451 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634451 People usually went to see movies to "escape reality". Kind of like a nice night out with the family with some good quality entertainment. This movie was far from escaping reality. It delved right into reality and on some level gave a factual representation of it. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:05:14 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634449 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634449 This film was essentially about an African American man who has been wrongfully accused of killing a white man and a white boy with some help strives to prove his innocence. This film was mainly about racism and I think on some level even though people knew racism was of such prevalence and that it as wrong, people didn't want to go see a film that showcased that. They knew the truth but weren't ready to confront it. Racism is always a controversial topic of discussion but at the time this film was released, people weren't as open about it as we are today. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 08:01:08 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634422 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634422 The cabin scene after Lucas saved Chick was a great scene as one can immediately note how Lucas's decision of not taking the money from the boy shows what kind of a man he is. The expression of his face gives it away. The best scene was when he entered the store and quite calmingly exited it as a white man was about to assault him. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:33:55 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634420 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634420 This could also be because how the book relies a lot on descriptions and narrative rather than dialogue. The movie was very authentic to the novel and the novel in turn was very authentic to it's era. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:30:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634404 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56418?scroll_to=634404 The novel itself was a great read. I was able to picture Lucas Beauchamp as this very intense character that always presented himself as calm and controlled. The actor that played Lucas in the film perfectly captured this. My favorite part, and in my opinion the best part, was when Lucas entered the crossroads store and bought a ginger snap. In the novel there was a verbal encounter between Lucas and the white man but the film didn't include that. It didn't take away from anything but in fact I believe the choice of not including that verbal encounter and skipping to the white man about to attack Lucas was more effective to the story. The acting and the cinematography of the piece is also quite distinct and wonderful. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:27:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634218 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634218 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:39:32 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634214 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=634214 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:35:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634211 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634211 Taking this book for example, what makes it so entertaining and interesting to read is that the reader knows what each and every character is thinking. Most of the time knowing the thoughts and feelings of a character helps to create an attachment between the reader and the character. This is obviously hard to do in a feature film. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:37:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634206 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=634206 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:07:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=633752 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=633752 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:26:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631673 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631673 Then he goes on to say "Who is your father..." and then the scene moves over to show the men carrying the casket to the wagon. A rare moment of humor in the movie, in my opinion, was when the little boy said his mom is a fish and then Daryl said Jewel's mother was a horse. This part of the move worked well in my opinion. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:58:24 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631671 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631671 I think the absence of black humor is probably the choice of Franco. He probably didn't want to focus the film on the dark humor aspect but rather its seriousness. He even managed to make the "my mother is a fish" line to be serious in the film when it was intended to be a humored line in the novel. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:07:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631670 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631670 The film and the novel are both meant to be dark. The humor is found consistently in the novel. For example, in the novel the part where Vardaman catches a fish and brings it to the house. This was followed by Tull and Anse 's discussion of death. This part of the novel took a humorous tone because of the interaction of the young boy and the fish he had caught. And in the middle of all of this Faulkner incorporate the sound of Cash making the wooden casket. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:07:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631584 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631584 I feel as though this movie was more of an appreciation for Faulkner rather than an attraction of mainstream movie goers, if that makes sense. This novel in particular is unorthodox in its narrative and highly complex to be turned into a film. When reading the novel, one can become attached to all the characters in a significant way. Readers are compelled by the point of views of each an every character wether it may be Darl, Jewel, or Cora. The film doesn't quite do that successful in my opinion but it defiantly shouldn't we a film to shoot down or degrade. The effort taken to do such a film should be respected. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:00:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631514 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631514 It is very hard to capture such complexity in a film and it is respectable that Franco gave it his best effort. I don't think his film really enhances the understanding of the novel, maybe it is helpful to give the characters a face and a realistic identity. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:34:35 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631287 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631287 I'm not absolutely sure but it seems that Franco also included the viewers into the film in a way. Our perspective, or the viewers perspective, is quite evident in the film because when I was watching the film I was trying to connect as to who's perspective the scene might be in and at times all I could say was that it is probably in my perspective. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:04:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631285 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631285 What is interesting about the film is that there seems to be a presence of "another person" that being the viewers. I feel as though many parts of the film if not of any characters perspective but rather our own, or the viewers perspective. This is definitely not part of the novel. But it is something interesting to ponder about. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:32:06 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631284 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631284 Faulkner wrote the novel and built the story of it with the use of many different characters inputing their perspectives. It is a narrative told through numerous characters. This is what qualifies As I Lay Dying to be a decentered novel. Franco replicated this decentered aspect through his use of split screen so in a way, yes this film can be considered as a decentered film. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:08:05 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631269 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631269 So Franco could have easily made the movie in a way that could attract audiences commercially and mainstream. But it is so evident that this was not Franco's intention. He was really trying to covert the novel in a somewhat straightforward manner to a film. He believe the story as well as the experience of reading the book should not be avoided and that they are both equivalently vital to the adaptation. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:31:48 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56433?scroll_to=631252 It could be for the sake to provide more clarity of the novel since it is written in an unorthodox manner. Franco is trying to give justice to Faulkner's work and does it through attempting to convert Faulkner's message from text to a visual. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:04:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630181 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630181 I think Tommy Lee Jones's portrayal of the character we spot on. His "without heat" demeanor was accurately present, evoking the nonchalant personality of Ab. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:23:19 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630176 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630176 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:22:10 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630174 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630174 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:14:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630173 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630173 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:12:39 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630171 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630171 I think Tommy Lee Jones captured the whole "without heat" aspect of the character of Ab very well. Also the scene where Sarty runs to de Spain's house and yells "Barn" was very true to the story. I believe this film does justice to the novel. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:16:56 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630169 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630169 However, in the novel, Faulkner wrote numerous times especially in scenes of high tension that Snopes did such and such "without heat" or hit Sarty "hard but without heat". I think this adds on an additional element to the character. His false sense of morality has corrupted him that he just does what he pleases or what he believes is right. Like he actually believes what he is doing is for the greater good. He completely believes in his justification. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:19:15 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630168 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630168 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:15:57 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630167 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630167 I agree, i thought this part highlighted the hatred quite well, in addition to his barn burning. His judgment and actions are very much consumed by hatred and i think this captured that in its essence. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:46:26 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630166 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630166 I think the ending ties the whole story together. We have this complicated situation, and the "hero" remains a blur. In the sense, Sarty is not initially a character that shines as a bold hero. But, Sarty turning in his father makes him a "honorable hero? I'm not sure if that is the appropriate label to use. Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:24:36 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630162 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630162 Just in general, there are many novels that touch upon the relationship between a father and a son. And most of these novels include this fear aspect of the relationship. I think in this situation, it is no different. This complicated relationship between father and son, between right and wrong plagues the story. Innately, and on some level, Sartoris knows his father isn't doing the right thing. But the obstacle of turning against the family, haunts Sarty's judgement. However, at the end, he clearly overcomes this obstacle and aims to follow on the direction of what is morally right. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:45:21 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630160 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56429?scroll_to=630160 "You stick to your own blood" was probably a phrase that Sartoris grew up hearing. And of 10 years of age, defying a family member or in this case disobeying his father is something he is very conflicted about. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:23:25 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=630150 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=630150 I believe this is a notable quote used by Faulkner and as one can note, all of his novels are derived from the situations around him, things that he is very familiar with, and his own personal ones. He was constantly inspired by the real word. Be that it may be the war, Mississippi, Hollywood or his life, he had a devotion to his work. Money is also a huge factor that can't be missed. This was probably more of a motivation to write his inspirations. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:26:15 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=630112 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56428?scroll_to=630112 I believe Faulkner viewed the film as being honest even though his film wasn't exactly synonymous with the script because i think one of his top goals for his novel was to evoke a particular emotion or mood from the reader, especially during an event like World War 1. What Faulker appreciated was how despite the film industry had this ongoing issue of censorship, this film was able to convey his true intention of evoking the mood of the novel. The film was able to capture the novel in an original way, without loosing sight of what the author intended. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:24:22 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574459 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574459 Because of censorship movies were't able to convey the actual reality of such events. If it were to portray such acts, they wouldn't be able to gain viewership because it would be banned. Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:34:46 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56413?scroll_to=574458 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56413?scroll_to=574458 I think the line "a potent drug for the imagination" means to convey a pathway the book allows for readers to use their sense of imagination to picturize the scene of the story. She is describing the action as addictive and kind of involuntary as one reads. I am guessing tallying of events is referred to keeping track of the storyline of the novel. Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:13:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574325 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574325 This comment tells me how people regarded films to be highly influential. People on some level believed what they saw. They didn't necessarily believe everything to the highest degree yet viewers looked at films in a more realistic tone. So maybe censoring films became prominent since films held such a standard in society. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:01:17 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574178 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574178 So what i think the quote means is that the film outlines the main aspects of the novel but doesn't divulge into great detail as the story does. We can refer back to the rape scene for this as well. The movie presents the event but the novel presents it and defines the action into much further detail. The film fails to do so. Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:00:49 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574176 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56414?scroll_to=574176 This is definitely because of film censorship. In the novel the rape scene was explained with much more detail that what we saw in the movie. The movie merely captured the horrified emotion of the characters whereas in the novel the scene was much more graphically explained. If the movie were to follow the path of the novel, meaning to actually expose the vivid and horrific scenes, there would be a huge uproar and it would be banned from viewership. Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:47:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564068 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564068 I believe so too that Hawks just wanted Faulkner to ease into this film making process. He probably didn't have absolute faith in Faulkner but he did believe in his skills and talent. It also seemed that Hawks believed that one of the most important things that went into the film making process was mainly the story and its character development. So creating flashbacks were more of an artistic or an accessory kind of approach. Sat, 17 Dec 2016 08:31:59 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564066 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56412?scroll_to=564066 Crawford's hesitation of being part of an all-male film production was mitigated through her request of insisting Faulkner to write her script in accordance to the clipped speech of her male co-stars. She was possibly also initially concerned with being part of this production since at that time she was considered to be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. So maybe she wanted to match that persona and title with the projects she did as well. Her role in the film was central to the development and matched with her status as being a huge American star. Sat, 03 Sep 2016 14:20:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=562840 https://nowcomment.com/documents/56411?scroll_to=562840 Faulkner definitely had an interest in the world of film. Someone who just has a slight interest in Hollywood wouldn't voluntarily choose to work and produce material for multiple media companies. For one of his productions he had claimed his role was a "motion picture doctor". If you think about it, a doctor is someone reputable in society and someone who is able to fix and produce a better outcome. I guess he is trying to say that he is someone who is able to take Hollywood to another level and is able to fix it for what it was back then. Sun, 18 Dec 2016 07:15:49 -0500