Rudy is a child, and only seeks to emulate someone he admires. While this is probably for the best-to put it mildly, blackface is bad-it undercut some of the point of the scene to me. In the film, he has only a few streaks of tar on his body it looks more like he fell in the dirt than deliberately painted himself. In the novel, he paints his body with tar and runs, imagining he has the talent of the famous Olympian. The first difference I noticed was the Rudy-as-Jesse-Owens scene. However, some of the changes or omissions the filmmakers made were… frustrating. The novel contains a lot, so there had to be some compressing to fit the two hour time frame. The film follows the general plot of the novel, though the narrative is sped up to fit the new format, which is to be expected. Himmel Street looks right, and the overall look is clearly that of wartime Germany. The same goes for the costumes and set design. Everyone looks pretty much exactly as I pictured (other than Liesel and Rudy being aged up, starting out the film as twelve-ish rather than nine/ten). There will be SPOILERS for both film and novel.įirstly, the casting is excellent Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson do an admirable job as Hans and Rosa Hubermann, and Sophie Nelisse is a pretty impressive actor who has to carry the entire film on her shoulders as Liesel. You’ll have different feelings and ratings, I’m sure. The categories I’ve chosen are: plot, characters, setting (which means set design/costuming-anything that visually brings us into the world-or worldbuilding, depending on which medium), writing, and overall watch/readability. I’ll ramble, then I’ll score both versions. However, since I adore the novel ( here’s my review) I wanted to watch the film again and do an analysis/comparison of the two! In 2013, The Book Thief movie came out, but I barely remember the first time I watched it.
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