Gary Sinise, the director of the film, Of Mice and Men, produced a tragic masterpiece based off of John Steinbeck’s novel which was published in 1937, but Sinise’s film was not released until October 2, 1992. According to Roger Ebert,
“The most sincere compliment I can pay them is to say that all of them - writer and actors - have taken every unnecessary gesture, every possible gratuitous note, out of these characters. The story is as pure and lean as the original fable which formed in Steinbeck 's mind. And because they don 't try to do anything fancy -- don 't try to make it anything other than exactly what it is -- they have a quiet triumph” (1).
As viewers watch the film, the constant theme of loneliness is displayed throughout the beginning, …show more content…
As the two are sitting there, Lennie asks George to tell him the story of what the two are going to do once they save enough money. George begins this scene by stating, “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain’t got no family and don’t belong no place. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to. (Of Mice and Men)” This quote reiterates the loneliness theme in the film for the viewers. In addition, the two guys make their way to the ranch, but as the imagery of the ranch is shown on the screen viewers can infer the ranch is a lonely place to reside. The ranch is primitive and isolated. Notably, the first ranch hand the pair meets is Candy. Candy takes them to meet the boss, and they get settled in to their bunks. In addition, Candy points out the black stable hand to George and Lennie whose name is Crooks. This is his name due to his crooked back caused by being kicked by a horse. Since Crooks is black, he is not allowed to bunk with the other men. Once again we have another lonely character although he is surrounded by multiple people. The two men continue to work at the ranch as the end of the story
“The most sincere compliment I can pay them is to say that all of them - writer and actors - have taken every unnecessary gesture, every possible gratuitous note, out of these characters. The story is as pure and lean as the original fable which formed in Steinbeck 's mind. And because they don 't try to do anything fancy -- don 't try to make it anything other than exactly what it is -- they have a quiet triumph” (1).
As viewers watch the film, the constant theme of loneliness is displayed throughout the beginning, …show more content…
As the two are sitting there, Lennie asks George to tell him the story of what the two are going to do once they save enough money. George begins this scene by stating, “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain’t got no family and don’t belong no place. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to. (Of Mice and Men)” This quote reiterates the loneliness theme in the film for the viewers. In addition, the two guys make their way to the ranch, but as the imagery of the ranch is shown on the screen viewers can infer the ranch is a lonely place to reside. The ranch is primitive and isolated. Notably, the first ranch hand the pair meets is Candy. Candy takes them to meet the boss, and they get settled in to their bunks. In addition, Candy points out the black stable hand to George and Lennie whose name is Crooks. This is his name due to his crooked back caused by being kicked by a horse. Since Crooks is black, he is not allowed to bunk with the other men. Once again we have another lonely character although he is surrounded by multiple people. The two men continue to work at the ranch as the end of the story