Good morning, Following up on last week’s selection of sequels that were as good or better than the originals, now I am pondering what it takes for a movie to be an epic. It’s tough to define what it means to be epic. In movie form, the Godfather movies would seem to fit that bill (actually, either individually or collectively). In book form, much of Dickens would seem to fit (like Nicholas Nickleby), much of Mark Helprin’s work (like Winter’s Tale). Many a picaresque novel is epic.
#370 Musings from the Bunker 3/12/21
#370 Musings from the Bunker 3/12/21
#370 Musings from the Bunker 3/12/21
Good morning, Following up on last week’s selection of sequels that were as good or better than the originals, now I am pondering what it takes for a movie to be an epic. It’s tough to define what it means to be epic. In movie form, the Godfather movies would seem to fit that bill (actually, either individually or collectively). In book form, much of Dickens would seem to fit (like Nicholas Nickleby), much of Mark Helprin’s work (like Winter’s Tale). Many a picaresque novel is epic.