from Dangerous Liasons. Almost the same plot - and two polar implementations. Friers' version is refined: dialogues - that is what makes his version considered the best. Forman's version is not explicit. You cannot say this charcter is bad, this one is good (as Dangerous Liasons so straightforwardly suggests). If D.L. is a pure, cold and cruel stylization, Valmont is tender, fragile, but not less cruel reality.
If one version existed without the other, we would never be able to appreciate its beauty.
And I agree with all other comments about Valmont.
However, Friers' version is not less passionate than Valmont - it's achieved by the contrast of its such a real and tragic ending with all previous cold, pragmatic and cruel games. They thought they were playing games, and paid with their lives.
If one version existed without the other, we would never be able to appreciate its beauty.
And I agree with all other comments about Valmont.
However, Friers' version is not less passionate than Valmont - it's achieved by the contrast of its such a real and tragic ending with all previous cold, pragmatic and cruel games. They thought they were playing games, and paid with their lives.
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