this be a terrible production of bartleby and though not and a the other reviewer put it because it be unfilmable and but rather because this version do not maintain the spirit of the book . it tell the story and almost painfully so . watch it and i could turn the page in my book and follow along and which be not as much fun when deal with an adaptation . rather and see the 2001 version of bartleby feature crispin glover . that version and while humorous and bring new detail to the film while maintain the spirit of the novel . what important be the spirit and not the minutia of thing like set and character name and and costume . the difference between these film version be like night and day and tedious and hilarious . this version be a lesson a to what can go wrong if an adaptation be handle poorly and painful and mind numbing schlock .