The movie happened to be shown on tv one Sunday in the 50s and our English teacher assigned it. Ferrer, of course. I was in love within 5 minutes. There is no other Cyrano like him, he backs up every word of the poetry with every fibre of his being.
if only the translation could be right or respectious the original text. Know the beauty of this text is all the piece is written in alexandrin. Thanks for the share anyway.
At the end, he takes "I know you are but what am I" and makes it awesome.
"Your nose is rather large." "Rather? Is that all?"
This Cyrano fella came out on a skit of the muppet babies back when I was a kid. gonzo was a big fan👌🏽
Jose Ferrer as his best.
My problem with Jim Sterling in a nutshell.
I remember reading this from Rostand's book. Believe it or not, we read this in our eighth grade "Great Books Club."
The movie happened to be shown on tv one Sunday in the 50s and our English teacher assigned it. Ferrer, of course. I was in love within 5 minutes. There is no other Cyrano like him, he backs up every word of the poetry with every fibre of his being.
Cyrano is such a bad ass! I can't wait to see Peter Dinklage's take!
if only the translation could be right or respectious the original text.
Know the beauty of this text is all the piece is written in alexandrin.
Thanks for the share anyway.