Beautiful illustrations Very often, films based on books and almost line by line copying dramatic events, we perceive extremely negatively. “I imagined it in a completely different way”, “The heroine does not look like at all”, “It was not so there”. Sometimes we react less negatively, but in my head there is a constant comparison of his presentation and presentation of the director, an attempt to compare his understanding of the message of the book with his. It's a rare case where everything matches. Probably impossible.
This movie is not about that at all. It is difficult to say that the work can be called a film. For those who have not read the novel, it is likely to turn out to be a strange abstract nonsense, without a solid plot and active events. For a person familiar with the work of Doris Lessing, this film will be a great opportunity to extend the pleasure of being with the characters, immerse yourself in the apocalyptic atmosphere of the book. The movie doesn't impose anything. He only visualizes the brightest events of the book, adding them to the volume and sound.
In addition, the picture added characteristic for David Gladwell (the editor of such significant for the UK films as “If...” and “Oh, lucky”) echoes of hipp times. All these nomadic communes, their free views on life, behavior, clothing, all unobtrusively refer us to previous works. Which gives you a reason to be angry.
In summary, this film will not spoil the impression of the book in any way, it will only complement and consolidate it in memory, decorate and make memories of it even better.