This is the second adaptation I've recently seen that was hamstrung at the outset by the impossibility of casting a literal match for the female lead. The other, of course, was She. The two literary women, Rima and Ayesha, are both indescribably beautiful, literally so. Books can get away with this, but not movies. In a very real sense, it means that a truly faithful adaptation is a pipe dream, for the loveliness of each woman is central to everything that happens. Of the two, however, Green Mansions comes out way ahead, and not just because Hepburn is a better actress. Andress is physically attractive, but Hepburn is that and a lot more.
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