True Main Characters of Les Mis
The Bishop and His Household
The Year 1817. Which Happens in The Year 1817, When it Is The Year 1817
Waterloo
The Convent Of Petit Picpus
Gamins Of Paris And Also Birds
Paris, Just Everything About Paris Generally
Slang, Its Theory and Use
A General Theory of Revolutions and Progress
The Intestine of the Leviathan
WHEN will ANY director truly UNDERSTAND these characters and give them the time they DESERVE
What about an adaption that regularly cuts to Victor Hugo lying in a bathtub going “stop stop stop STOP! you can’t just show them that! how are they going to understand that without the necessary context?” (looking directly into the camera) “so what you need to know is…” (taking a sip of wine while the camera fades to a historical scene)
Bonus points if the digressions are filmed in the style of drunk history, i.e. hugo narrating and the characters ad-libbing, except that he’s not drunk, just obnoxious.
Extra bonus points if the scenes with him are also mockumentary style and he’s actually being interviewed about the book and the interviewer will argue with him about his portrayal of Cosette or his hot take on Louis-Philippe and look into the camera like they’re on the office when he deflects.
“Naked History, with Victor Hugo”
for some reason I picture Hugo as being played by Jeff Goldblum in a fake beard