All these decades later, there is still something to appreciate in the more subtle and sublime moments of TheNeverEndingStory.
An adaptation of the epic children’s fantasy novel of the same name, 1984’s The NeverEnding Story remains one of those films that is etched in the minds of all who saw it in their younger years. As such, it is an artifact of nostalgia that doesn’t quite hold up as well as one would hope it did. However, it still remains a charming yet haunting encapsulation of a particular era of filmmaking that saw the fraught first adaptation of the beloved novel of the same name.
Co-written and directed by the recently departed filmmaker, Wolfgang Petersen, it begins with ten-year-old Bastian Bux , who has recently lost his mother but discovers a magnificent literary world that allows him to escape from math tests and bullying. He "borrows" the book from a bookstore despite being warned by the bookseller that it is not one that is "safe" to read.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The film is one whose production is just as interesting, if not more so, than the actual adaptation itself. While the author of the best-selling novel, the late Michael Ende, had originally been on board with the movie, he quickly soured on the adaptation that he called “revolting” and a demonstration that “the makers of the film simply did not understand the book at all.
This is unfortunate as, for a film about the power of imagination, there is much that ends up feeling a bit unimaginative. While it would be rather difficult to ever fully capture what the book managed to create, many of the decisions made in the film end up paling in comparison. Some of this comes down to streamlining for a feature as opposed to a full novel, but the way it comes across makes for a much more simplistic experience.
As we then get to the ending, the stories collapse in on themselves. With Bastian apparently having just totally skipped the entire day of school to read, the young boy seems skeptical of what is happening. It is a sweet yet sentimental finale as he then embraces his own role in the story, moving from merely being a bystander into a hero in his own right.
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