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I thought his gentle menace in The Colour Of Magic was great, but I’m equally happy with Charles Dance in the role, who effortlessly shows, with a glaring glance and calm, even tone, that he’s a man in a powerful position and to be feared. There’s not a pub in sight within city limits that I’ve seen so far, and that element may be missed by those expecting the milling about of shopkeepers, stall owners and animals in the close quarters seen in the prior films.Īnother change that’s noticeable is the absence of Jeremy Irons’ softly lisping Vetinari. It’s not heavy-handed and I’m sure it will become a vital element in von Lipwig’s eventual redemption.Īnkh-Morpork is a much more solid, but less intimate city-state here, filmed in Budapest in stone and brick buildings and streets. This is the first of the three adaptations to include any sort of romantic element for the lead character.
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These scenes reveal that what he thought were victimless crimes actually resulted in death and ruin for many families, including the Dearheart family and the sole survivor, the lovely Adora Belle, with whom von Lipwig is immediately smitten on first sight.įorced labour at the post office under threat of death isn’t just punishment, it’s his penance for his crimes, balancing von Lipwig’s immoral acts with improving people’s lives, by delivering long overdue mail, such as acceptances of proposals and other good news.
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But in the quiet hours of night, when no one’s around, the words in the envelopes have whispering voices and ink mingles in the air and combines to magically show von Lipwig the consequences of his many cons, in black-and-while silent films with title cards, projected on the post office walls.