Bob

After viewing the two film versions of Cyrano de Bergerac, there are many differences I noticed between them. In class, we discussed the fact that the director of the 1950s film, Michael Gordon, interpreted Rostand’s play with a more comedic perspective than the director of the 1990 film, Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Since Cyrano never becomes Roxanne’s love interest, and he dies at the end of the story, I feel that it is more appropriate to interpret the play with a somber attitude, despit...