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Tortilla Flat (1942)
Steinbeck was sorry.
16 July 2013 - 7 out of 15 users found this review helpful.
John Steinbeck was very disheartened by how many viewed his portrayal of the residents of "Tortilla Flat". He wrote in the the foreword of a 1937 edition of the book,"..it did not occur to me that paisanos were curious or quaint, dispossessed or underdoggish. They are people whom I know and like, people who merge successfully with their habitat...good people of laughter and kindness, of honest lusts and direct eyes. If I have done them harm by telling a few of their stories I am sorry. It will never happen again." The only sad thing is that view was of the times. "Tortilla Flat" is a great movie, a movie of great saddest and wonderful joys. Well worth the time to watch.
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