Thanks for posting, popdrome, though I agree; it was posted before...
'Disputable' is a good word for this entire movie...
This is taken from a short story by Truman Capote of the same name.
I read it years ago and was so taken with it that I started working on a screenplay and began investigating on how to acquire the screen rights for this story.
The story, like 'Lolita' with the death of the main protagonist:
Truman Capote wrote:"Yesterday afternoon the six-o'clock bus ran over Miss Bobbit."
The narrator then states '...There isn't much to say...' and goes on for 20 pages to tell the story of the magical 10/11 year old 'Miss Bobbit'.
It's a wonderful story, but it's translation to film is marred by many things; the least of which most certainly NOT being the fact that Miss Bobbit DIES in the story, but not in the movie... I'm not trying to throw out *spoilers*, but to me that was a VERY important point in the story, that was totally glossed over in the film.
Also, my memory of the description of Miss Bobbit etched a child that looked more like Jon Bonet Ramsey, and not the dark-haired, sharp faced child that is in the film...
*WHEW* Rant over...
Anyway, I did get over all my reservations when the film came out and bought it, and enjoyed it well enough.. So hopefully members will enjoy it also... Thanks again, popdrome, for the re-post.
kev.
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