1958
Written by William Faulkner
Directed by Martin Ritt
Cast of characters
Paul Newman: Ben Quick
Orson Welles: Will Varner
Joanny Woodward: Clara Varner
The film, its countryside view and attire of the roles all gave us a rustic feel, and I think they pulled off their accent fairly well, but it was quite trying for me to follow the fast patter of their speech, as I found no Chinese captions again, so in order to hurdle this at the very least a little bit, I watched the movie twice to get some better understanding.
And the following are what I took notes of while our Paul, cast as Ben Quick in the
film, rasped out his tart words at Clara, played by Joanny Woodward, in the woods:
Ben Quick: I can see my white shirt and my black tie and my Sunday clothes didn't fool you for a minute. Well, that's right- I'm sort of a menace to this peaceful countryside; a look at me, a man's house will go up in smoke. And I'm living here in your little town, and I think that should be enough for you to keep your door closed and pass a wakeful night.
I must have either added or omitted something, as I'm not much of a person doing shorthand at all !
Written by William Faulkner
Directed by Martin Ritt
Cast of characters
Paul Newman: Ben Quick
Orson Welles: Will Varner
Joanny Woodward: Clara Varner
The film, its countryside view and attire of the roles all gave us a rustic feel, and I think they pulled off their accent fairly well, but it was quite trying for me to follow the fast patter of their speech, as I found no Chinese captions again, so in order to hurdle this at the very least a little bit, I watched the movie twice to get some better understanding.
And the following are what I took notes of while our Paul, cast as Ben Quick in the
film, rasped out his tart words at Clara, played by Joanny Woodward, in the woods:
Ben Quick: I can see my white shirt and my black tie and my Sunday clothes didn't fool you for a minute. Well, that's right- I'm sort of a menace to this peaceful countryside; a look at me, a man's house will go up in smoke. And I'm living here in your little town, and I think that should be enough for you to keep your door closed and pass a wakeful night.
I must have either added or omitted something, as I'm not much of a person doing shorthand at all !