Nothing much to report today.
PopMatters discusses Cary Fukunaga's
Sin Nombre and says about him:
Director Cary Fukunaga has been making headlines these past few months. If it’s not his rumored love affair with Michelle Williams that keeps him on the radar of gossip journalists all over the world, it’s his well-received adaptation of Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, and Judi Dench that keeps him in the spotlight. This star-studded cast is quite a change from his directorial debut, Sin Nombre, for which he contractually arranged the cast to consist entirely of Central Americans. (Suzanne Enzerink)
And
Pedestrian TV finds similarities between Jane Eyre and Lisbeth Salander (of Stieg Larsson's
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame).
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander is the Jane Eyre of the 21st Century. I don't think that's a stretch. Just take a look at their similarities for a moment (with no spoilers, I promise). Both are unconventional heroines. Both have troubled pasts. At a young age both were abused by family members (no spoilers, don't worry). Both are strong, independent women with trust issues...
Maybe Lisbeth Salander has a few more years to put in before she reaches Jane's legend-status on the hierarchy of Iconic Female Literary Characters, but there's already evidence of her growing relevance in pop-culture.
YouTube user
arcanus121 is sharing extracts from Charlotte Brontë's letters.
Front Row Reviews gives a 2 out of 5 to Andrea Arnold's
Wuthering Heights. And
Norma Jean Magazine (in Spanish) has a post on the Brontës' juvenilia.
Contrived.....?
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