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Oliver Twist is early Dickens. Comic exaggerations are often too wordy in these works, yet they retain emotional power as a strong attack on society's widespread indifference to poverty. Charles Dickens knew about injustice to the poor from his own experience, and director Roman Polanski, whose recent "The Pianist" brought him deserved high praise, was probably attracted to the book by memories of his own painful childhood in Poland during World War II.
Dickens has always been tempting to filmmakers. David Lean made a fine black-and-white "Oliver Twist" in 1948. But the comic language of the novels easily evaporates onscreen and many directors would prefer to avoid his scenes of extreme pathos. Dickens. however, is clear about his purpose: "I wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last." In 11-year-old Barney Clark, Mr. Polanski found a boy who is both convincingly innocent...
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