The Count of Monte Cristo
AUGUST 2004
The Count of Monte Cristo
This month's movie fits right in with the Kobe trial: the 2001 version of "The Count of Monte Cristo,"with magnificent performances by Guy Pierce as Fernand Mandego and Jim Caviezel (Christ in "The Passion of the Christâ€) playing Edmund Dantes, who later becomes the Count of Monte Cristo.
The story is billed as one of revenge. Yet the more important aspect is alcoholic egomania, taking form in betrayal and false accusations, embedded in a great movie.
As with Al Pacino's portrayal of Lt. Col. Frank Slade in "Scent of a Woman,"most viewers didn't pay attention to or remember the alcoholism. Yet, when you rent the movie this weekend, it will seem obvious. From the beginning, ...
