A Clean, Well-Lighted Place In  Film

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway is much different than the short film made afterwards. The book by far is better than the movie. I felt like the actors had no emotion and they were just reading lines. Also, the characters didn’t look as how they were described in the story.  The older waiter actually looked pretty young.

Along with the characters appearances, the music was also kind of…not fitting. It was eerie with sharp and high notes. The music sounded like something that would be in a horror movie. There was also barely any music, just the waiters talking in a silent café.

The screen shots were actually pretty right on. It gave it that sad kind of feel which Hemingay portrayed in his story. They were long shots that would not really moved at all as the characters either walked into the distance and talked.