The Marius trilogy covers about twenty years in the lives of its three central characters. Although the slow pace derived in part from the stage origins of the films, Marcel Pagnol was also striving to:
A. compensate for the rapid-fire quickness of the dialogue.
B. provide a specific number of close-ups of his leading actors.
C. emulate the directors of the early French silent cinema.
D. capture the meanderings and shifts in tone that characterize everyday conversation.
Answer: D
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