This year the Academy Awards Nominations are led by two movies based on books: ‘The Power of the Dog’ (12) and ‘Dune’ (10).
The Last Duel
Eric Jager, 2004
movie vs book
Ridley Scott, 2021
The movie unravels long-held assumptions about France’s last sanctioned duel between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, two friends turned bitter rivals. When Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite, is viciously assaulted by Le Gris, a charge he denies, she refuses to stay silent, stepping forward to accuse her attacker, an act of bravery and defiance that puts her life in jeopardy.