The Red Dragon Movie Tattoo
Question about Dolarhyde in Thomas Harris’ “Red Dragon”?
In Thomas Harris’ novel, the character Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with the William Blake painting entitled “The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun”. However, in the 2006 film adaptation of the same title, the painting is suddenly changed to “The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed IN Sun”. Same series of watercolour paintings, but I find this sudden change very odd since it’s not mentioned ANYWHERE. In fact, the Wikipedia page on the Red Dragon novel lists the painting as being the same as the novel. I’m very confused, did Thomas Harris make an error? Or is Wikipedia wrong and the director of the movie conclude that “In Sun” would look better than “By The Sun”? The way Harris describes Dolarhyde’s tattoo in the book sounds more like “In Sun” to me…
its probably just one of those things they didnt think of when they did their research, they probably just used the first “The Great Red Dragon” that they found
Fountains of Wayne – Red Dragon Tattoo
