Films heavily inspired by Dostoevsky

[Hungry Year]

Dear Fox.
I don't remember the exact quotes now for It's been a month.but they quotes seem to be from The Idiot or Notes from the Underground?I am  not sure either.

I interprete the plot like this:

The wife exchange game for sex attributes to the "crime"and the death a child  as the "punishment",at last ,the whole family sticking to the value of families as the "redemption".
It's kinda archtype thing u know.

[poor knight]

About five years ago I found a VHS of Kurosawa's "The Idiot." On the jacket it says the novel was his favorite. Believe it or not I didn't watch the movie for four years. It was about 3 hours long and I didn't want to be interrupted. Finally I burned it to a DVD and watched it one night in a hotel room while away on business. It was absolutely brilliant. Very simple, stripped to the essence, hitting all the right themes (IMHO). I strongly recommend it if you can scrounge it up through the web.

[Svidrigailov]

I could be way off, but perhaps Scorcese's Taxi Driver?

[Svidrigailov]

Does anyone see traces of "The Idiot" in Edward Scissorhands? A truly pure soul comes from out of nowhere to integrate himself into suburban society but has a defect (epilepsy=scissorhands) but while everyone likes him, corrupt characters lead him astray, and the society proves to be no home for a creature like Edward.

I could be way off and reading too much into it, but tell me what you think.

[underworld men]

Does anyone see traces of "The Idiot" in Edward Scissorhands? A truly pure soul comes from out of nowhere to integrate himself into suburban society but has a defect (epilepsy=scissorhands) but while everyone likes him, corrupt characters lead him astray, and the society proves to be no home for a creature like Edward.

I could be way off and reading too much into it, but tell me what you think.

How have you been? Funny I am usually the only one haunting
the old boards bump bump bump.

Hope all is well. As for Edward Scizy well sure a purety misunderstood soul working like a turd in the bunch bowl is a pretty common reoccuring lit theme.

[Radio Saturday]

I like the idea of Edward Scissorhands being a version of "The Idiot" though. It's a nice thought.

[woland]

Posted by: Svidrigailov  Posted on: August 29, 2006, 02:51:13 AM  
I could be way off, but perhaps Scorcese's Taxi Driver?  

Scorcese is supposed to have borrowed heavily from Dostoyevsky, especially Crime and Punishment, for this movie.. Watching it, you can see the influence, but it seems really quite random and out of place at times as they bounce around in and out of this sphere of influence.. or at least i found it so...

[omahaha]

I think Kurosowa's work comes closest to Dostoyevsky on film. The Seven Samurai is a wonderful film, and his adaptation of The Idiot was also pretty good. Ingmar Bergman is close, too, with his work.

Has anyone seen the movie The Machinist? Christian Bale's character is shown reading a copy of The Idiot at one point.

The show Lost has flashes of D. It uses polyphony and at one point they talk about The Brothers Karamazov.

[lerik]

I think the Machinist with Christian Bale would fall under this category.I think this is the movie where the main character reads 'The Idiot' all the time and the themes of the movie are simmilar to that of 'Crime and Punishment".I am not 100% sure though,just telling what I read in one of Christian Bale's interviews

[omahaha]

That would sum up the Machinist pretty well. It's about a man who is tortured by his conscience. Maybe they didn't have Christian Bale reading Crime and Punishment as not give away its twist ending.

[Nadia]

what about "Donnie Darko"? Its extremely dark and follows some of the perspectives of Dostoevsky. not to mention, i think in music and i cant help but think of Dostoevsky. just listen to the official web sites background music if you havent seen it...

http://www.donniedarko.com/

[Nadia]

also it contemplates the ubermensch theory in Crime and Punishment...

[underworld men]

what about "Donnie Darko"? Its extremely dark and follows some of the perspectives of Dostoevsky. not to mention, i think in music and i cant help but think of Dostoevsky. just listen to the official web sites background music if you havent seen it...

http://www.donniedarko.com/

I thought this movie was taking a jab at Dostoevsky.

With the whole Patrick Swayze character on one hand preaching love and then on the other being a pedophile.

It seemed to be following the whole anti-Dostoevsky angle from Freud and Virginia Woolfe.

[omahaha]

what about "Donnie Darko"? Its extremely dark and follows some of the perspectives of Dostoevsky. not to mention, i think in music and i cant help but think of Dostoevsky. just listen to the official web sites background music if you havent seen it...

http://www.donniedarko.com/

I thought this movie was taking a jab at Dostoevsky.

With the whole Patrick Swayze character on one hand preaching love and then on the other being a pedophile.

It seemed to be following the whole anti-Dostoevsky angle from Freud and Virginia Woolfe.

How were Freud and Virginia Woolfe anti-Dostoevsky? I've not read much Virginia Woolfe, but I had always heard Freud was heavily influenced by D.

[lerik]

That would sum up the Machinist pretty well. It's about a man who is tortured by his conscience. Maybe they didn't have Christian Bale reading Crime and Punishment as not give away its twist ending.

Maybe.But he definatelly read 'The idiot' in the movie.And Christian Bale read "Crime and Punishment" in real life