To Build A Fire

Jack London´s famous short story, bought to the screen in its purest form.----Narrated by Orson Welles

Jack London´s short story, narrated by Orson Welles and filmed with complete fidelity to London´s graphic narrative, could be called a screen short story in its purest form.

As Orson Welles reads the tale, in his inimitable fireside style, the camera follows a lone man traveling through the great Alaskan wilderness in seventy-five degrees below zero weather. The stark realism of the chilling images combined with the power of Orson Welles´ reading fills the viewer with an awesome admiration for the story´s courageous hero. The visuals add a new dimension to London´s prose and the viewer feels the icy cold to an extent that reaches far beyond the power of words alone. This chilly discomfort provides a tense background for the suspense which is to come as the man attempts to build the fire he must have in order to survive.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 8 September, 2008