tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394152446586654355.post2737665343000097580..comments2024-03-21T00:35:42.384-07:00Comments on CRITICAL WOMEN ON FILM: Doubt: The Devil Wears A HabitCritical Women, Prairie Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03939987052158617459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394152446586654355.post-17250551287301273642008-12-13T21:10:00.000-08:002008-12-13T21:10:00.000-08:00Doubt is one of those films that should never have...Doubt is one of those films that should never have been made. It should have remained a play.<BR/><BR/>There is a significant difference between a film and a play. A play is based on a limited set and the dialogue and the characters move the play from scene to scene. But in a film, the setting is important. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes the train, or the flight of a bird, the sight of an open field become an essential part of a film. A film is bigger than life. <BR/><BR/>Doubt is an example where the film never did get bigger than life. It was compelled by a 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf' type of dialogue, and it didn't really matter where the exchange between the characters took place.<BR/><BR/>To make Doubt into a film diminishes its impact, almost trivializes it. And that is exactly why this film failed, in spite of the impressive acting performances.<BR/><BR/>Linda ZCritical Women, Prairie Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03939987052158617459noreply@blogger.com