Long Movie Marathon Part VII

finding the full 281 minute version of the film was an absolute fucking journey i will say, but holy was it worth it. i went into this film completely blind, i had no idea what it was about, when it takes place, and why it was so famous…lets just say i soon found out why.

this film was made in the opening years of the “talkies” era which can be a bit rough at times as they really were still working out synchronized sound, often times i prefer a film from this era to just be silent as that genre had already been essentially mastered, but this was actually phenomenal from both a narrative and filmmaking standpoint. honestly i found the framing and perspective of the camera work to be utterly outstanding, and when paired with the charming and overdramatized acting (which i love), it really made for such a enjoyable experience even with the ambitious 4.5+ hour runtime.

i dont know if this was the best idea to have this particular adaptation be my intro to ‘Les Mis’ but holy shit did it set a gold standard. also i was very pleased to find out it was not a musical, i dont like musicals.

Long Movie Marathon Part VII

finding the full 281 minute version of the film was an absolute fucking journey i will say, but holy was it worth it. i went into this film completely blind, i had no idea what it was about, when it takes place, and why it was so famous…lets just say i soon found out why.

this film was made in the opening years of the “talkies” era which can be a bit rough at times as they really were still working out synchronized sound, often times i prefer a film from this era to just be silent as that genre had already been essentially mastered, but this was actually phenomenal from both a narrative and filmmaking standpoint. honestly i found the framing and perspective of the camera work to be utterly outstanding, and when paired with the charming and overdramatized acting (which i love), it really made for such a enjoyable experience even with the ambitious 4.5+ hour runtime.

i dont know if this was the best idea to have this particular adaptation be my intro to ‘Les Mis’ but holy shit did it set a gold standard. also i was very pleased to find out it was not a musical, i dont like musicals.

they should make a musical ab this idk!

(took me three days to finish this bad boy up and probably has moments every day that made me think “howww did they film that?!?” - im talking about YOU barricade sequence! also featured one of the crispiest coughs on film by tragic figure extraordinaire fantine)

they should make a musical ab this idk!

(took me three days to finish this bad boy up and probably has moments every day that made me think “howww did they film that?!?” - im talking about YOU barricade sequence! also featured one of the crispiest coughs on film by tragic figure extraordinaire fantine)

fantine dying in the hospital toothless with a full beat

fantine dying in the hospital toothless with a full beat

Honnêtement c'est un chef-d'œuvre. J'ai pas senti les 4h30 passer ce qui est d'autant plus impressionnant quand on sait que le film est très avare en musique et même parfois en bruitage. Y a même des scènes qui restent aujourd'hui impressionnantes (ça fait un petit moment que j'ai pas vu autant de figurants tous en costume sur un même plan au cinéma).

Et ça prouve encore que Gavroche c'est le goat dans absolument toutes les versions qui existent. Suivi de près par Éponine dans la version de 2012.

Honnêtement c'est un chef-d'œuvre. J'ai pas senti les 4h30 passer ce qui est d'autant plus impressionnant quand on sait que le film est très avare en musique et même parfois en bruitage. Y a même des scènes qui restent aujourd'hui impressionnantes (ça fait un petit moment que j'ai pas vu autant de figurants tous en costume sur un même plan au cinéma).

Et ça prouve encore que Gavroche c'est le goat dans absolument toutes les versions qui existent. Suivi de près par Éponine dans la version de 2012.

A nice companion piece to my insane idea to read the colossal brick of a book that is Les Miserables.

Even though this was literally the longest movie I have ever seen, those 4 1/2 hours were genuinely a breeze. I've only read the book up to the first hour of the movie, and already there were plenty of scenes that happened in the book that were cut out of the musical & all its adaptations. And because of that this felt like a much more complete story that felt all the more tragic for its realism and lack of not just musical numbers, but music of any kind.

A nice companion piece to my insane idea to read the colossal brick of a book that is Les Miserables.

Even though this was literally the longest movie I have ever seen, those 4 1/2 hours were genuinely a breeze. I've only read the book up to the first hour of the movie, and already there were plenty of scenes that happened in the book that were cut out of the musical & all its adaptations. And because of that this felt like a much more complete story that felt all the more tragic for its realism and lack of not just musical numbers, but music of any kind.