Bob

The wind blows, the leaves fall, the bell tolls, the nuns pray, and blood flows out of Cyrano’s head. The death scene in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand concludes with such an atmospheric content that one could see why this is considered a romantic drama. The death scene from the 1950 version (American production) and the 1990 version (French production) are unmatched in many ways, but mainly pertaining to staging, acting, and camera work. Although both versions of...