A comparison of the stranger (1942) to the stranger (1967)

The book The Stranger by Albert Camus is undoubtedly a classic that is widely known.
It's far less known that a movie adaptation was made in 1967. This is strange because the
movie has some of the most famous actors of that time period. I watched the movie and have
read the book, so now I will examine how faithful the movie is to the book.
The movie itself manages to keep The Stranger's disconnected feel with it's jarring
cuts and intense music playing at times that most would consider normal, and calm music
during action packed scenes. For example, in the scene when Mersault kills the Arab, the
music has an intensity to it, but not in a thrilling way.
The movie isn't only loyal to the book tonaly, but also keeps almost all the scenes,
even ones that I think should have been cut. An example of this is the scene when all the
elderly and Meursault are asleep around his mother’s coffin.
While the director may have made good decisions the casting director may have
made some questionable ones.. The reason I say this is because Meursault is played by
Marcello Mastroianni.This is both a good choice and a bad one. It is a bad choice because
Marcello is charming and attractive while Meursault is supposed to be dull. It makes sense
though because everyone seems to like him despite his personality, so he must have other
characteristics that make him enjoyable to be around. This is why the casting choice is both
good and bad.
Other than that the movie is very faithful to the book.