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Everything you wanted to know about the current greatest" disaster of humanity, but were afraid to ask. Loose adaptation of an excellent Pulitzer Prize-winning original that set a difficult task, namely nothing less than to explain to the general public (not only) the scientific complexity of cancer and everything related to it (history since Egypt, development of procedures, stories of doctors across the centuries, patients, political and financial dimension, tobacco companies lawsuits, public access, future etc.). Although the adaptation ... follows the original way too much, but it goes its own way. Each of the versions has its pros and cons and it is logical, because something works better without words purely in using visuals, and something is much better to explain with text. In any case, they do not compete with each other in any way. If I had to recommend only one of them, I would definitely recommend the original. However, it would be a pity, because if anything, they complement each other wonderfully and create a literary-film ying-yang "get to know a worthy enemy hidden inside of us". The original covers more aspects and goes into more detail. The adaptation is more illustrative and more about specific people. Thanks to which it is being to emotional sometimes. I am not saying it is emotionally blackmailing or being too obvious, but the original works with this aspect much more sensitively.
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