yo this movie is not terrible. it's understatedly epic, and one should appreciate that. apart from the horrifyingly corny stuff about "hope" and whatnot, it's pretty neat. i mean, one actually gets the sense that many years pass and that people are patient and that things happen slowly. it's pretty good. i'll also remember the red haired rapist calling dufresne "honey," he said it really well.
i dunno, i guess it's just a corny feel good piece of crap. it never offended me, at least.
love,
frank
PS i also reread Mr. Norris Changes Trains, and that book is the bomb. i really appreciate Mr. Norris's understated villainy, i mean, that guy is flat out the worst person in the world. and yet not. i thought i saw a lot of references to oscar wilde in it, and i got this idea that, very loosely, Mr. Norris is like dorian gray and Schmidt is like the portrait. im pretty pleased with that.
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