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Disfigurement Major 
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TITLE |
Hunchback, The (1997) (TV Film) |
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DISABILITY |
Disfigurement Dwarf |
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NOTES |
The film
immediately moves to the scene in front of the |
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cathedral
where the fool is being elected and even more |
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quickly to
Esmeralda dancing on the steps. At least Hayek |
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looks great
and is convincing as someone who would drive |
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men to lust
after her. Similar praise can't be given to |
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Patinkin's
Quasimodo which is a half-hearted affair in both |
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make-up and
performance. The philosophical discussion |
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between the
king and Dom Frollo is missing except for a |
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bland
exchange about the printing press. The film has an air |
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of modernity
which seems parochial especially in the dialogue |
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and the long
stares between Esmeralda and Quasimodo and |
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Quasimodo
and Frollo. There is a lack of mystery and period |
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feel. There
are extended scenes between Esmeralda and |
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Quasimodo
which convey little but her beauty and his |
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Though the
production is given as shared between the USA |
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and Hungary
there are many British actors. |
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Notes
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