For Once, the Movie is Better Then the Book

     The Incredible Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera contains the story of three Czechs caught up in the Prague Spring of 1968 and its aftermath. They form a love triangle, although the male member of it is what we would call today a sex addict. 

     Kundera was so displeased with the 1988 film version that he decided not to allow any of his books to be filmed.  In the novel, he digresses into philosophical discourse from ancient Greek and Nietzsche. There is also a section on fecal matter. Rather hard to film that, I would think. It has a fantastic cast: Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, and Daniel Day-Lewis

     It is not that I regret having read the book. I gave it four stars. The film shows the struggle against a totalitarian system and how it impacts lives. The choices we make do have consequences. 

    

My books: 

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Arthur-Turfa/author/B00YJ9LNOA?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=67a4ca9d-d97c-436c-9409-827b215a8174

My novel:

https://www.blurb.com/b/10799783-the-botleys-of-beaumont-county