"Angela's Ashes" is a virtual case study in the challenges of translating a great book to the screen. I read Frank McCourt's book about his incredibly harsh Irish childhood just last year, and immediately knew this was one of the best pieces of literature I would read in my lifetime. It's searing and revealing, offering an unflinching portrait of people at the absolute bottom of civilized society. There is great human ugliness, squalor, untimely death, hidebound religious dogma, and soaring joy.
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
"Angela's Ashes" is a virtual case study in the challenges of translating a great book to the screen. I read Frank McCourt's book about his incredibly harsh Irish childhood just last year, and immediately knew this was one of the best pieces of literature I would read in my lifetime. It's searing and revealing, offering an unflinching portrait of people at the absolute bottom of civilized society. There is great human ugliness, squalor, untimely death, hidebound religious dogma, and soaring joy.