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Jul 19, 2018hesselugano rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
If David Lean hadn't made this film it's probable the Merchant Ivory team would have made it their project. It's difficult to imagine how James Ivory's treatment of the book would have differed from Lean's. The main departure from the book is Adela Quested's sexual awakening in the ruined temple., I imagine Lean had trouble convincing the Cambridge dons to go along with this departure (based on Forster's aversion to having his book made into a film). Edward Morgan Forster was gay of course, so, based on the credo that a great author can only write what he knows, Forster may have had difficulty getting Adela's chemistry right. All in all, a beautifully made film, Lean ought to have been content for it to be his swan song.