Adapting classic literature is never an easy game. As with all books, people have a very clear mind as to how they view the characters within them and with the classics, you also have many years of history to compete with. Therefore, I don’t know if it is an advantage or a disadvantage to me and the film, that I come into Far From the Madding Crowd with a completely fresh pair of eyes. Having never read the book or seen the 1967 version, this is my first experience of the world of Bathsheba Everdene.
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