What to expect
Henri Fescourt gives the novel room for duration and consequence; the modern reconstruction also demonstrates how several archival prints can return a long-forgotten work to circulation.
How to ease in
Plan more than one sitting and keep a short list of names. The pleasure lies in watching identities and obligations accumulate, not in rushing from imprisonment to revenge.
Heads-up
Edmond Dantès’s imprisonment, escape, reinvention, and revenge unfold across an unusually expansive silent adaptation of Dumas.
Revenge stories often make recognition instantaneous. I like how time lets Dantès’s new identity become a world he has built and may no longer be able to leave.
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Revenge stories often make recognition instantaneous. I like how time lets Dantès’s new identity become a world he has built and may no longer be able to leave.
— Momo
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