Scarica recensione film OLIVER TWIST e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! REWIEW of “Oliver Twist” Directed by: Roman Polanski Produced by: Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde Screenplay by: Ronald Harwood Based on: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Barney Clark, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe, Edward Hardwicke, Mark Strong Music by: Rachel Portman Cinematography: Pawel Edelman Edited by: Hervè de Luze Distributed by: TriStar Pictures Release dates: 11 September 2005,23 September 2005 (US),7 October 2005 (UK) Running time: 130 minutes Country: United Kingdom, Czech Republic, France, Italy Language: English Budget: $60 million Box office: USD$42,580,321 Plot: At his nineth birthday the orphan Oliver Twist is obliged to go to a workhouse where has to work hard in return for scarce food. One day the other boys in the workhouse who are starving selected him through a lottery to ask for more food. The fat and wealthy officials send him to Mr Sowberry, a coffin- maker, but he is so cruel that Oliver runs away. He walks to London where he joins a group of street thieves led by Fagin and the Artful Dodger old, called the "Malandrino" and Sikes with his dog Bullo. During one of the raids, Oliver is arrested while the other guys manage to escape. Then Oliver is kidnaped by Bill Siked and his girlfriend Nancy and brought to Fagin’s attic. Oliver is forced to rob in Brownlow’s home by Bill and, his accomplice, Toby but he’s wounded in a shootout between Brownlow and Sikes. As the three escape, Sikes falls into a nearly rivers , he manages to survive but he is confined to bed with a heavy fever. Fagin and Sikes plot to kill Oliver but Nancy who has a maternal for him, tries to save him. She goes to Mr Brownlow’s to reveal him the truth but she is followed by Dodger sent by Fagin who suspects her. Dodger often hearing them, revels Sikes and Fagin about her. Sikes beats her to death in their apartment. The next day the information about Oliver and Fagin appears in the newspaper along with Nancy’s murder and Sikes is suspected. Sikes goes to Fagin because he needs money to go to France. He tries to kill his joy but it escapes from his master’s cruelty and it leads a group of police and locals to groups hideout. Eventually, Dodger angry for Nancy’s murder reveals their location to the authorities. Bill Sikes takes Oliver on the roof because he knows the police won’t shoot if the boy is with him. Distracted by his dog, he falls and he hangs himself with the rope he was using to scale the building. Oliver is brought home by Mr Brownlow, Fagin and Dodger are arrested. Oliver decides to go and see them in prison. He wants to forgive them but the police oblige him to leave because they fear he could trick him to escape execution. Comment: Polanski explains the social world of Victorian London. This metropolis appears dirty, dilapidated, full of criminals, prostitutes, thieves, businessmen, prey to corruption and malpractice, Polanski eliminates the difference between inside and outside: darkness envelops both the rooms of the apartments and of the courts that the muddy streets and of this "jungle" modern. All the characters enter and leave dark areas. The main issues are the exploitation of children and crime, the film is full of these images. There are autobiographical references to the director, for example when the author is found only in Paris without parents during World War II. Polanski presents Dante's division of the characters where there are good, no-good, non-good with the possibility of redemption. Oliver Twist by Polanski, as well as Dickens’ novel, shows a world where the innocent are free, but also vulnerable and thus easily exploitable for the worst reasons. Oliver Twist introspective appears on the scene because, as David Copperfield, the boy changes at the end and he has a social redemption when he manages to escape and discovers he is the nephew of Mr. Brownlow. In conclusion Polanski has a rotten threatening world , as can be seen through the eyes of an innocent vulnerable, with suspense, horror and investigation.
