LE FIGARO.- Does
The Three Musketeers
owe its posterity to the cinema?
CLAUDE SCHOPP.-
The Three Musketeers
became a myth as soon as it was published in 1844. The first theatrical adaptation of
Twenty Years After
was a huge success in popular theatres.
The cinema will make Dumas universal but will make him go through a bad patch.
Publishers categorize it as a children's book.
The adult reader turns away from it.
The Three Musketeers
is a myth even for people who haven't read the novel, the majority.
The myth of virile friendship thanks to the famous "
One for all, all for one!"
".
A myth is essentially plastic.
It is powerful enough to cross eras and borders.
In the cinema, it is normal to move away from the original work.
We never shoot
The Three Musketeers
, we shoot a script inspired by it.
Unlike
Robin Hood
and
Zorro
, d'Artagnan does not defend the poor or the oppressed.
Above all, he defends honor…
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