Malfoys in Borgin and Burkes

[GulPlum]

Hollydaze wrote:

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>there is one other thing that puzzles me about the deletion of this
>scene and it puzzled me the very first time I saw the film, why did
>they favour the scene with Harry and the Hand of Glory OVER the scene
>of him hiding from the Malfoys? It seemed like a bit of a strange
>choice unless there is a reason behind it. There are certain other
>scenes like this in the movie, where something 'insignificant' has
>been favoured over something that seems to be more important
>(although the others are a lot more subtle) and it just seems
>interesting when taken with JK and Kloves' comment on the interview
>about there being a certain aspect of the books that JK said HAD to
>be included for something else to make sense later in the series.

I've never doubted that the Hand of Glory will make a re-appearance. I 
suspect that Kloves's script giving Malfoy Jr. kleptomaniac tendencies is 
somehow connected to this (viz. the Malfoys' conversation in the book). I 
can just imagine the conversation Kloves had with JKR: "I have a feeling 
you're making Draco out to be a bit of a thief. D'you mind if I give him a 
couple of scenes along those lines?" JKR replies with a snigger and agrees....

:-)

I can understand why Columbus chose not to include the Malfoys at B&B, 
though. In some interview or another he explicitly said that he chose to 
delay Lucius's introduction until Flourish & Blotts. I think I agree with 
him (for a change...).

Introducing Lucius and Draco in a scene dominated by the Weasleys as a 
family unit and juxtaposing the Malfoys' relationship with that of Arthur 
and his sons (and Harry) is very punchy. Introducing him in the context of 
Dark Magic and the Muggle Protection Act is IMO unnecessary as he 
immediately comes across as a nasty piece of work. Viewers can draw their 
own conclusions as to his affiliations from that, and Harry's assertion 
that he put the diary in Ginny's cauldron more mysterious in the absence of 
any previous connection between him and Dark objects.

However, what I don't understand from the final cut of the movie is that 
although Harry does look at the Hand of Glory's label, we viewers are not 
made privy to what it said, despite a close-up being included in the 
deleted scene...

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who would like to thank Richelle for offering help 
with full screen version pictures, further to a previous message...