Comparative Analysis on True Grit (1969) and True Grit (2010)
Many modern adaptations of classical films have effectively been reinvented to successfully adapt the current market and cater audiences from the new generation. One such film is the 2010 movie “True Grit”, which is an artistic remake by the Coen brothers of the 1969 film of the same title by Henry Hathaway. While both films are adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit, the two versions differ in certain cinematic elements that make their variations artistic and inventive on their own right.
One of the immediate things that differed between the two film adaptations is the character portrayal of the main characters in the story. While both featured a one eyed lawman named
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With erstwhile traditional techniques in film making, the camera in the 1969 version focuses on capturing the unrefined exquisiteness of the sceneries using natural light in bright days while somewhat dodging from anything ostentatious, that could get in the way in highlighting the star appeal of actors in the film and distorting its emphasis on the “eye for eye” western sense of justice. With better technology and techniques, the Coen version used different photographic effects and colour schemes that created a more dead beat gothic appearance that contributes to its lacklustre, indifferent and hard-bitten theme and ending. The visual approach is further complemented by varying musical backgrounds. Whereas the 1969 version exhibited the more buoyant optimistic style of most 60’s films, highlighted by folksy pop ballad of Glenn Campbell, the musical score for the modern version is way more dismal and sober in tone in order to emphasize thrilling adventure of the story instead of merely suggesting a western film genre. While the older version merely focused on creating a western ambiance in terms of music and look, the visual and music in the modern version contributed to improve the realism of the story which focused on the ambiance and feeling of specific scenes to the film which is more palatable to modern
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That is why the point of view is different in the book and in the movie. The second difference is the characters. The characters are different because in the book there are sixteen characters and in the movie there are only ten. The missing characters are Theo Theodorakis, Flora Baumbach, Madame Sun Lin Hoo, and Dr. Denton Deere.
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First, the plots of both works need to be discussed and explained how they are different. The stories of both works have basically the same
In the movie the main character is known as Arthur square and in the book he is only known as just a square. I think the change in the movie was because they wanted to add more personality to the square. The book had the square be the narrator and in the movie there was no narrator.
True Grit is adapted for the screen and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, whose previous works include Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men. It is also the second of two film adaptations of Charles Portis's novel, the other one having been released in 1969 and starring the legendary John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. Both films received numerous Academy Award nominations at the time of their respective releases. The Coen brother's adaptation is said to be more painstakingly faithful to the novel than the 1969 film.
The American western frontier, still arguably existent today, has presented a standard of living and characteristics which, for a time, where all its own. Several authors of various works regarding these characteristics and the obvious border set up along the western and eastern sections have discussed their opinions of the west. In addition to these literary works by renowned authors, one rather convenient cinematic reference has also been influenced by these well-known, well-discussed practices of this American frontier. “True Grit”, a film recently remade in 2010 by the Cohen Brothers, crosses the boundaries of the west allowing all movie-goers to capture one idea of the western world. The movie, along with a few scholarly sources
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