BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
the film is one of my favorites. I even prefer it to
Casablanca, of which it is a deliberate attempt to emulate. I
have not read the book, which I understand is quite
different. also have read that Hem considered it a lesser
work of his.
************ I like it but it's not as polished as some of
his other work. He was trying to get it out the door so he
could go (back?) to the Spanish Civil War, but the
publisher's lawyers wouldn't let it go because of legal
concerns over Dos Passos suing. Libel or something. Rather
than rewrite it, huge portions of the book were simply
cut.
The descriptions of boating and fishing out in the Gulf are
good, and the opening passage of a Cuban city
(Havana?) in the morning is beautiful.
I didn't like the movie. It's a replay of Casablanca, as the
Bax mentions.
miker
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