"The Green MIle" by Stephen King. Post on the Film

The starting setting of the film is the nursing home, where "old" Paul Edgecomb (Dabbs Greer) lives, and he is one of the oldest. It is full of reaction shots, because most of the time Paul thinks, and by facial expressions director gives us some highlights of what happened in character's past. The story of the actual green mile is told by "old" Paul Edgecomb to his friend in a nursing home- Elane (Eve Brent). It brings viewer back to 1932. Here most of the events are really close to a book. However the personall life of people who worked on the mile: Brutus "Brutal" Howell (David Morse) and Dean (Barry Pepper) are minimized. In the book reader can find some information about there life outside of the "mile", while in the film it just told us the their family status when they were deciding whether to help their boss wife Melinda (Patricia Clarkson) by bringing John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan). The life of prisoners on the mile: Eduard Delacroix (Michael Jeter) and Wild Bill (Sam Rockwell) is emphasized. It makes viewer feel sorry for Delacroix and discusting and guilty at the same time for Wild Bill. However it does not tell the viewer that Delacroix burned a women dormitary and a lot of young girls died in there. Percy (Doug Hutchison) usually shown from high angle, what makes him seem even more misreable than he is. Every time when John Coffey looks at Wild Bill, he is almost crying and it foreshadows the ironical end of the film since we know that John did not kill two young girls. During each time when John Coffey does his magic and helps someome same mysterical theme song is playying and it foreshadows that magic is going to happen right now. Before someone gets executed, there is always a shot taken from the floor of the block that shows us the corridor very greenish yellow and makes the assumption why is it called a green mile. My favorite shot in the beginning of the movie is a reaction shot when Paul, Brutal, and Dean see John Coffey. Previos shot showed viewer a percy and the huge black elbow right next to his head, so we know what amazed Green Mile guards next shot whis is a reaction shot as I said previously. Total duration of the film is more than three hours and 95 percent of the book by Stephen is well adapted. Film makes you feel... It is a great book to read, and great movie to compare it to.