eugene oneill 4 and a half hour 1927 play brought to the screen in less than two hours. the play combination of symbolic dialogue and gothic melodrama hasn not aged very well and the cast has some difficulty with it and especially norma shearer nina and ralph morgan marsden. clark gable as ned darrell comes off better but mostly because his is a gruff character not given to the philosophical musings of the others which better fits gable range. once the plot settles down to the love quadrangle and the audience adjusts to the voiceover asides the film does become more enjoyable. the technique used here for the asides is another problem. on stage the action froze while the actors spoke their thoughts to the audience. here theyre done as voiceovers. you would think that would work better but since the action no longer freezes the actors are forced to pause speaking and grimace at the camera to match the emotions in their thoughts. plus it difficult for any movie buff to watch this film and not think of groucho marx hilarious parody version in animal crackers. added to these drawbacks are some cuts made for censorship reasons (nina promiscuity is soft peddled and there is no mention of her getting the abortion that is more central in the play) and a wretched score (uncredited) that sounds like background music to a turn of the century weepie. oneill called this film a dreadful hash of attempted condensation and idiotic censorship and and although strange interlude is nowhere near as great as his later the iceman cometh and long day journey into night and it certainly deserved better than this. 
eugene oneill 4 and a half hour 1927 play brought to the screen in less than two hours. the play combination of symbolic dialogue and gothic melodrama hasn not aged very well and the cast has some difficulty with it and especially norma shearer nina and ralph morgan marsden. clark gable as ned darrell comes off better but mostly because his is a gruff character not given to the philosophical musings of the others which better fits gable range. once the plot settles down to the love quadrangle and the audience adjusts to the voiceover asides the film does become more enjoyable. the technique used here for the asides is another problem. on stage the action froze while the actors spoke their thoughts to the audience. here theyre done as voiceovers. you would think that would work better but since the action no longer freezes the actors are forced to pause speaking and grimace at the camera to match the emotions in their thoughts. plus it difficult for any movie buff to watch this film and not think of groucho marx hilarious parody version in animal crackers. added to these drawbacks are some cuts made for censorship reasons (nina promiscuity is soft peddled and there is no mention of her getting the abortion that is more central in the play) and a wretched score (uncredited) that sounds like background music to a turn of the century weepie. oneill called this film a dreadful hash of attempted condensation and idiotic censorship and and although strange interlude is nowhere near as great as his later the iceman cometh and long day journey into night and it certainly deserved better than this. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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