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**The Saucepan Man** · 12-28-2003, 06:51 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> There were so many loose ends that weren't tied up <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yet one of the main criticisms that I have heard made by (non-book reading) critics is that the film took too long to finish. As a book fan, I can't think of any way that it could be satisfactorarily shortened (and I too would have liked to have seen more), but I can understand what they are saying. 20 minutes of "wrapping up" after the main climax is pretty unusual in film-making terms.

12-28-2003, 06:51 PM	#16
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> There were so many loose ends that weren't tied up <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yet one of the main criticisms that I have heard made by (non-book reading) critics is that the film took too long to finish. As a book fan, I can't think of any way that it could be satisfactorarily shortened (and I too would have liked to have seen more), but I can understand what they are saying. 20 minutes of "wrapping up" after the main climax is pretty unusual in film-making terms. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!