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A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares the film The French Lieutenant's Woman with the book. The writer discusses the adaptations that were made to the novel in order to maintain the intent of its unusual structure in a cinematic format. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Victorian love story of Sarah and Charles, however, throughout the novel Fowles intrudes, in the first person, as author to comment on the text. This running commentary serves to place
the story within a modern viewpoint that illuminates the narrative. Furthermore, Fowles draws particularly attention to the artifice of fiction by providing two endings -- one in which the lovers
are reunited, in some sense, and one in which Charles leaves never knowing that he has a child. Therefore, filmmakers were faced with the predicament of whether to dramatize Fowles
commentary, alter it, or ignore it completely. However, to rob the film of Fowles commentary is to also rob the film of the qualities that attracted filmmakers to the project
in the first place (Anonymous, 2002). In the 1981 film, screenwriter Harold Pinters adaptation of Fowles novel offers a unique structure, a "film within a film," that replicates the
function of Fowles running commentary, but in a way that is more cinematic. The film offers two stories, each with different conclusions (Anonymous, 2002). There is the Victorian story of
Sarah and Charles, but there is also the modern affair between Anna and Mike, contemporary actors playing these roles. While this subplot in the film is distinctly different from Fowles
novel and wholly unique to the film, it is arguably faithful to Fowles intentions in the way that the original novel is structured. In the opening shot, Anna (Meryl
Streep), the leading actress who will play "Sarah," is seen getting the last touches applied to her makeup and costume. The film crew is plainly visible, but, within the
same shot, Anne becomes Sarah Woodruff, as the camera tracks her walking down the quay, on location in Lyme, England (Anonymous, 2002). It soon becomes apparent that the Victorian narrative
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