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From VOA News:
Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, based on the Tolstoy novel, is a quintessential holiday production. It offers rich costumes, enchanting music, and stellar actors.
Keira Knightley, who plays the doomed Karenina, “The rules of a period film have been completely broken. Anna Karenina is a story that has been done a lot. What is the point in doing a safe adaptation?”
My questions:
1 What exactly is holiday production?
2 What does "safe adapation" mean?
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**** NOT A TEACHER *****

1. The movie comes out during the holidays.

2. Anna Karenina is a story that has been done a lot. Do you see the implication of this sentence? 'Safe' here means 'not involving any risk'.
 

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1.Does "the holidays" mainly refer to the Christmas?
2.Is Keira Knightley trying to say that Joe Wright's version of Anna Karenina is kind of a "risky adaptation"?
 

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1.Does "the holidays" mainly refer to the Christmas?
We can't tell without more context.
2.Is Keira Knightley trying to say that Joe Wright's version of Anna Karenina is kind of a "risky adaptation"?
That's the implication.
 

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This time of year "the holidays" refers to the Christmas and New Year holidays. And also to Hanukkah.
 
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