 Flashman14  | 15 Aug 2014 2:40 a.m. PST |
is free on (Amazon US) Kindle if you were not aware. link Watching the movie again this morning – what an excellent film. |
| Chalfant | 15 Aug 2014 4:55 a.m. PST |
Fantastic film. The Duellists is one of my all time favorites. Chalfant |
| JasonAfrika | 15 Aug 2014 8:58 a.m. PST |
The Duelists-Film
The Duels: Where, Weapons, Winner, Wounds
1st Duel- Freire's House, sabers-d'Hubert wins, R wrist wound Freire
2nd Duel- Field, rapiers-Freire wins, R shoulder wound d'Hubert
3rd Duel-Barn,sabers- Draw, exhaustion and multiple wounds to both
4th Duel-on horseback, sabers- d'Hubert wins, head wound to Freire
5th Duel-at d'Hubert's estate, pistols- d'Hubert wins, Freire must concede
Overall Winner:
d'Hubert- 3 wins- 1 loss- 1 draw |
| Zargon | 15 Aug 2014 9:30 a.m. PST |
Yes top film, and top actors. |
| dBerczerk | 15 Aug 2014 9:34 a.m. PST |
There was almost another duel in the snow. But that poor Cossack never got to finish his beef jerky. |
| ironicon | 15 Aug 2014 9:40 a.m. PST |
I have to chime in here and say it is one of my favorites also.I have read a lot of Conrad."AppocalpseNow" the movie is basesed on "Heart of Darkness". |
| Bushy Run Battlefield | 15 Aug 2014 11:10 a.m. PST |
Much of Conrad's stuff is free at project Gutenburg: link You can listen to it for free on Librivox: librivox.org/author/95 Conrad is one of my favourites as well. I have yet to find anything by him that I don't like. |
| goragrad | 15 Aug 2014 5:27 p.m. PST |
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| Flashman14 | 06 Apr 2015 8:32 a.m. PST |
I finally finished the book this morning. It mostly unveils as the film does with only minor differences, and those that exist don't add much. I doubt very much that you'll regret not reading it. Though I do want to watch the film yet again. |
| spontoon | 07 Apr 2015 5:20 p.m. PST |
I thought the Cossack was eating Frenchman! |
| Sebastian Palmer | 08 Apr 2015 4:25 a.m. PST |
Dang nab it! Missed out on the freeness at Amazon.com. Will try Gutenberg & Librivox. My 1st encounter with Conrad was The Secret Agent, read as a young teenager. Loved it. Very mysterious vibe, bordering on paranoic.
Will add my voice to the 'amen corner' regarding the excellent Kubrick movie adaptation. Certainly the most beautiful film by him I've seen, and poss also, imho, his best. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 08 Apr 2015 4:45 p.m. PST |
The book has a basis in fact. Pierre Dupont (defeated at Bailen in '08) fought over 30 duels, both mounted and on foot against François Fournier-Sarlovèze between 1794 and 1814. |
| Sebastian Palmer | 09 Apr 2015 11:56 a.m. PST |
Just re-read a project Gutenberg Kindle-compatible version – complete with illustrations! – under the title of 'A Point Of Honour'. Superbe! Makes me want to watch the film again. Was also struck, as I think ol' Flashy already said above, at how faithful an adaptation the Kubrick movie is. Kubrick adds a tragic amour for d'Hubert, and has the final duel set more in a derelict castle than the wood of the short story. But as our 'Arry says, these are minor differences. Kubrick definitely captures the spirit of the story superbly. I remember after first reading the short story and seeing the film looking into the historic background, and learning of the DuPont vs Fournier-Sarloveze imbroglio. Does anyone know if Conrad went to the trouble of checking where the Hussar regts concerned were posted? He certainly tells the story very plausibly! |
| Sebastian Palmer | 10 Apr 2015 2:06 a.m. PST |
Kubrick!? Lord knows why I thought it was Kubrick (perhaps on account of his never-made Napoleon movie?). Ridley Scott did The Duellists, didn't he! Doh… |
| Chouan | 15 Apr 2015 7:05 a.m. PST |
Indeed, one of Ridley Scott's first films. He's from County Durham as well, which is obviously where his intellectualism came from, developed and honed by studying in Hartlepool. His elder brother being in the MN completes the picture. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.