Kafka's Metamorphosis in an excellent Russian film - 1 views
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Daniel Lamken on 18 Jan 15It has been convenient, oddly, to say there hasn't been a good film rendition of 'The Metamorphosis', an anchor text of English 10. How might a director portray the nebulae of the human insect and the 3rd-person narration that blurs the presentation and consciousness of both human and insect? Valery Fokin does this as director, and Evgeny Mironov (who plays an outstanding Prince Myshkin in Dostoevsky's 'Idiot') absolutely absorbs the challenge of Gregor Zamza. The 1:13 mark is where he pines to hear Greta play violin--that alone is worth the look.