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Article: New Myths for Old: The case of The Four Feathers.(Movie Review)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- November 11, 2002
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As the old showbiz joke goes, The Four Feathers is a story so good not even a gifted director could ruin it. The 1902 novel by the English writer A. E. W. Mason has been filmed no fewer than six times; the 1939 Zoltan Korda version has deservedly attained classic status. This is a rattling good tale about themes-love, loyalty, and the conquest of fear-so deeply etched in the human heart that audiences will respond to them even across the boundaries of time and space.
Audiences, perhaps; but can these themes triumph over the political and moral divisions that separate the Victorians from modern Hollywood? Has it become impossible to make a film about imperialism ...
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