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Release Date: 30 June, 2000 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.49 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (18 total) |
Breakfast of Champions Reviews
Until you're dead, it's all life!
I think this movie was an EXCELLENT adaptation of the book. The only fault I find with the plot change is that in the movie version, Dwayne's wife is still alive, and in the book, she'd already committed suicide. I think it's better for her to already be dead; it eliminates the which-woman-do-I-choose problem that takes away from the real story.
The movie is less depressing than the book, especially at the end. I think that's fine. In fact, I highly recommend reading the book and watching the movie at the same time--or as close to the same time as you can. If you are familiar with the illustrations in the book, the movie credits are HYSTERICAL!
Retroactive collapse
Vonnegut is one of my favorites, and "Breakfast of Champions" is my favorite of his works. I looked forward for weeks to the release of the film version, only to leave deflated.
What's so disappointing about the adaptation is that it works for almost the entire running length of the movie. The surreal aspects are handled well and the absurdity of life put forth by the novel is completely present.
The deal is, "BOC" literally climaxes on the last page with a scene in which main character Kilgore Trout meets his maker, to wit Vonnegut himself. This crucial and absurd scene could have been adapted only literally, but it wasn't. It was reinterpreted, showing Trout melting into a sort of Maxfield Parrish painting. Maybe Vonnegut couldn't be had for this scene, or maybe he wouldn't agree to have an actor portray him. Who knows. This mis-done sequence, though, because it was so crucial, tainted everything that had come before.
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