Cyrano De Bergerac Essay
Though the original Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand was adapted into the movie Roxanne by Steve Martin, the differences between the two are countless. When watching the movie, the viewer can find that many of the unnecessary details of the book are taken out or altered, while the “skeleton” of the story remains mostly in tact. Despite some exceptions, both the viewer and reader receive, as should be expected from a movie interpretation, essentially the exact same story, however their overall experience after reading Cyrano de Bergerac and watching Roxanne are very much different in many aspects. To build on this, Steve Martin, who wrote the screenplay, knew that despite the era in which Cyrano de Bergerac was originally performed, many
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In both the movie and book he lists exactly 20 more creative insults that could have been used, and the man who insults him responds in the exact same way. The only difference between the two scenes is the setting in which it takes place. In the book, it’s at the theatre but in the movie it takes place at a bar. So, while this scene does give the viewer the same story, their experience in watching the scene is very different than their experience in reading it. Another major part of the story, though it was slightly altered, that also shows an example of this, is the scene in which Chris first meets Charlie. “It’s huge! It’s enormous!”(Roxanne) Chris exclaims in the movie, while in the book he repeatedly interjects a comment about Cyrano’s nose while he’s reading. The book and movie both include Chris making fun of Charlie’s nose, but it two very different ways. When reading the scene in the book, it’s the same overall story as the movie, but received in a very different way. The scene in the book takes place at a coffee house, with cadets worried about Cyrano’s response to the comments Christain directed at Cyrano, but in the movie the scene takes place at the fire station with firemen worried about Charlie’s response to the comments. And to end the scene, both the movie and book contain either the cadet or fireman saying “It seems safe to speak about his nose”(Rostand 56).
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In both the movie and book he lists exactly 20 more creative insults that could have been used, and the man who insults him responds in the exact same way. The only difference between the two scenes is the setting in which it takes place. In the book, it’s at the theatre but in the movie it takes place at a bar. So, while this scene does give the viewer the same story, their experience in watching the scene is very different than their experience in reading it. Another major part of the story, though it was slightly altered, that also shows an example of this, is the scene in which Chris first meets Charlie. “It’s huge! It’s enormous!”(Roxanne) Chris exclaims in the movie, while in the book he repeatedly interjects a comment about Cyrano’s nose while he’s reading. The book and movie both include Chris making fun of Charlie’s nose, but it two very different ways. When reading the scene in the book, it’s the same overall story as the movie, but received in a very different way. The scene in the book takes place at a coffee house, with cadets worried about Cyrano’s response to the comments Christain directed at Cyrano, but in the movie the scene takes place at the fire station with firemen worried about Charlie’s response to the comments. And to end the scene, both the movie and book contain either the cadet or fireman saying “It seems safe to speak about his nose”(Rostand 56).
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