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Administration: Susan Lynd, David Richardson, Hope Almash, Melissa August, Breena Clarke, Donald N. Collins, Joan A. Connelly, Ann V. King, Lina Lofaro, Anne D. Moffett, Judith R. Stoler News Desks: Brian Doyle, Waits L. May III, Susanna M. Schrobsdorff, Pamela H. Thompson, Diana Tollerson, Ann Drury Wellford, Mary Wormley...
Part of the legend of Richardson's film has revolved around two scenes: "the hunt" and "the feast." Think of any famous, classic film moment, then watch these episodes from Tom Jones, and you'll see the magic quirkiness of Richardson's film...
...truth of Fielding's novel lie within the actions of these rough-edged characters and the primitive land on which they live. Richardson knew this and knew the importance of resisting the temptation to fill the movie with a dramatic, booming, 32-piece soundtrack and wide, overlong images of the sun setting over the fields and horses of rural England. Instead, he stayed small, as did Fielding more than two centuries earlier...
...Jones was, in fact, ever so slightly ahead of its time (1963), coming as it did on the cusp of the era of Janis Joplin and LSD. Richardson and Fielding are there to remind us that "free love" was around centuries before the 1960s, may have taken a break during the 50s, but was about to make a strong return by the late 60s. The characters in Tom Jones are among the fiercest drinkers and wildest lovers in all of history...
Things have definitely changes since 1963, among them Albert Finney, who played the role of Tom Jones in Richardson's movie. Finney now possesses all the characteristics of a late-middle-aged man, from the beefy chin to the salt-and-paper hair and loosening skin. Like others his age, Finney endured the 60s, probably just barely, coming out of that decade a shell of the physical god he was in 1963. He is almost a different person from the Finney of 1963, who fit neatly into the role of Tom, the bronzed free spirit skipping about the fields...