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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Shockingly chaste

Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:36 pm by Cristina in , , , , ,    2 comments
We'll be back later to report the outcome of today's auction in New York, but here's our regular newsround in the meantime.

The London Evening Standard reviews Through A Glass Darkly, starring Ruth Wilson, and defines her former role as Jane Eyre as
an almost shockingly chaste Jane Eyre (Henry Hitchings)
What we don't know is who the 'shockingly chaste' one is, where Jane Eyre - the character - or Ruth Wilson playing Jane Eyre.

A.V. Club reviews Martin Amis's The Pregnant Widow:
Scheherazade’s breasts, Gloria’s backside, and all the novels of Jane Austen (plus the Brontës and Charles Dickens) vie for Nearing’s attention as his passion for Lily slowly declines into a doomed, sisterly love. (Gregg LaGambina)
And finally, Associated Content suggests a movie-inspired trip to the 'Brontë' moors even before Wuthering Heights has - well, you know - started shooting.
Another film with Yorkshire themes is Wuthering Heights, which should be on the big screen in 2011. Here one can walk the drastic wooded landscapes with the wild moors that served as the inspiration for Emily Brontë's Gothic masterpiece of love and loss. One can also climb Top Withins where rumor has it a tumbledown building served as the inspiration for the actual Wuthering Heights. (Bex)
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2 comments:

  1. Helen Highwater6/17/2010 04:36:00 pm

    Did they miss the bit when they were rolling about on the river bank? And on the bed?! What the heck....

    I'm interested by the description of the "drastic wooded landscapes." Do you think they maybe meant "dramatic"? If someone said "I'll behead that man - he called my sister a cow!" I'd say, "That's a bit drastic, isn't it?" But I don't think I'd say, "Woweee... check out the drastic wooden landscape!"

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  2. Cristina6/17/2010 06:09:00 pm

    Yeah, that's why I wondered whether he might have meant Jane Eyre in the novel, and not Ruth Wilson particularly.

    Drastic sounded weird to me too, I must say.

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