A Passage to India
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Alec Guinness, James Fox, Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft, Victor Banerjee Director: David Lean Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Original Language); Hindi (Original Language); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 164 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-03-20 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Sony Pictures |
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Movie Reviews of A Passage to India
Movie Review: Nearly as good as the great novel it is based on
Summary: 4 Stars
It's always dangerous to try and adapt a great work of literature to the screen, but David Lean's attempt with "A Passage to India" works about as well as possible. Those who express boredom here are probably not very attuned to the East/West conflicts and contrasts that are the subject of the novel and film. It's not just a political clash--it's one of the spirit and philosophy and the way eastern and western cultures see their worlds. There is a pivotal scene in the book and film involving Mrs. Moore et al in the Marrabor(?) caves. A huge echoing "ooohm" sends the British matriarch running in horror from the cavern--followed by the possible attack on Miss Quested. I'm not sure the movie COULD communicate the significance of that moment. That huge empty "ooohm" (in the novel) brilliantly captures the frightening clash between the Western, rational, Christian view of the world and the Eastern view that embraces mysticism, "unknowability" and the value of "nothingness." Mrs. Moore comes face-to-face with that "nothingness" and it is so diametrically at odds with her rational world that it threatens her very being. It changes her life. It's a metaphorical moment in the novel that can produce chills. In the movie, the realized scene can't carry all the symbolic weight--it just comes off as weird. So that huge missing element aside, the movie is very well acted, brilliantly designed, and despite what some others have posted, intriguing to watch. But again, if you have little understanding of or interest in the philosophical differences between East and West, this may not be your cup of tea (preferably Darjeeling).