The biggest mistake of my life

Peter Kosminsky is interviewed by Laura Barnett for The Guardian and admits to something that takes us rather by surprise:

Is there anything about your career you regret?
Doing a remake of Wuthering Heights in 1992, when I had only ever made one drama. It was the biggest mistake of my life, and I repented at great leisure.

Many people will surely agree but it's still quite shocking (but revealing) to hear the director himself say so.

EDIT (13/6/2008): More on this in the Manchester Evening News:

On the back of Shoot To Kill, he was offered the chance to direct a Hollywood adaptation of Wuthering Heights. That turned into a disaster.
"I desperately wish I'd said no, it was an absolute nightmare. I was out of my depth - I pretty much decided to give up directing altogether." (Benjie Goodhart)

Director M. Night Shyamalan might have been on the verge of committing this same so-called mistake and retells an old anecdote for Rediff News.

After Signs I did The Village [2004]. I was very into [Emily Bronte's novel] Wuthering Heights -- Fox actually offered me that movie, and I was re-reading the book and thinking about whether to do it or not, and all that thinking about period pieces got me thinking about The Village. (Prem Panicker)

The Evening Standard reviews Dickens Unplugged, now on stage at the Comedy Theatre in London, UK and suggests a possible new project:

Bleak House dismissed in 30 seconds via a lone singer strumming a guitar, Dickens dueting with Mr Micawber: such conceits bare the unmistakable hallmark of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Adam Long, founder member of that alternative RSC, whose The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) ran in the West End for an eyewatering nine years, is back as the writer/director of another show aiming to poke good-natured fun at a literary legend. I fear, however, that Dickens Unplugged may soon be going down the plughole. (...)
Nonetheless, I confidently predict that the RSC idea will return. The Brontës Unbound, maybe? (Fiona Montford)

The Yorkshire Evening Post concludes an article about the new edition of Big Brother in the UK with the following sadly prophetic words:

Rest assured, when we look back at the Noughties Jeremy Paxman and Jane Eyre won't be remembered as the defining forces of TV it will be this brilliantly ridiculous piece of indulgent trash. And quite right too. (Rod McPhee)

The Telegraph & Argus talks about the the Full Bronte Five-miler race:

The Full Bronte Five-miler doubles as a Yorkshire Vets Championship and brought 202 to the start on a gorgeous late-spring evening last Thursday.
The two gruelling laps climb around Penistone Hill in Haworth. (Simon Forde)

One Step Out has visited Haworth but strangely enough doesn't post Brontë-related pictures . Devils Discoid posts about one of the bizarrest Wuthering Heights-inspired musical pieces around. John Ferrara's 1979 Wuthering Heights disco piece:

The album, which is available on compact disc, is actually two medleys. Side One is the epic "Wuthering Heights" done in three acts. A dance fantasy based on the Emily Bronte novel. Side Two is a medley of three cuts: "Shake It Baby Love," "Love Eyes" and the mega-hit "Love Attack." (from DiscoMuseum)

Heathcliff meets Tony Manero, one of those not to be missed things.

We knew A.J. Kiesling was a Brontëite, Faithwebbin gives another proof:

Other authors whose writings have influenced me are Gail Godwin, Sue Monk Kidd, Leif Enger, C.S. Lewis, and the Bronte sisters. My favorite books include Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Glittering Images (and the rest of the Starbridge series), Father Melancholy’s Daughter, Peace Like a River, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Booking Mama interviews another author, M. J. Rose:

Booking Mama: What types of books do you enjoy reading? Who are some of your favorite authors?
M.J. Rose: I have a really eclectic list of favorites from Ayn Rand to F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Brontes, Daphne Du Maurier and John O'Hara -- and then from writers living I tend to lean toward writers who write deep characters and have a theme as well as make you turn the pages.

The Munchkin Tree explores landscapes in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea. On Anneke's (semi) Art you can find several posts with icons from Jane Eyre 2006.

Categories: Brontëites, Haworth, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, References, Theatre, Wide Sargasso Sea, Wuthering Heights