Celia Amelia, a real and reportedly handsome man

Here at BrontëBlog we know the difference between a scholarly biography and a fiction based (more or less loosely) on facts. In recent decades, we have seen several good, not-so-good, and unapologetically bad examples in the Brontë literary world. In cinema, for some reason, it's more challenging to accept the possibility of fiction-based reimaginings of the Brontë story. The director of the upcoming Emily film Frances O'Connor is promoting her movie trying to emphasize this conception of fiction versus the keepers of the tyranny of accuracy: the Brontë academics. It's a risky business because the tabloids (and not only the tabloids, beware of the lurking FFs, aka Fundamentalist Fandom) are eager to bite the bullet:

Emily Brontë historians will be 'p***** off' by sexy new movie showing the Wuthering Heights author having an affair, director promises. (...)

A steamy period drama about the love life of Emily Brontë, who is not actually believed to have had any romantic encounters in her short life, is bound to wind up historians, its director has said. (...)

In a revised history of the famously introverted author's life, 'Emily' portrays its central character as caught up in a forbidden affair with an assistant curate - a real and reportedly handsome man. (Elena Salvoni in Daily Mail)

Yesterday, Warner Bros. UK released a trailer for Emily, their new Emily Brontë biopic, which stars Sex Education’s Emma Mackey and was written and directed by actor Frances O’Connor in her directorial debut. It will not be entirely true to the life of its subject, which the trailer reminds us—in looming hot pink text—was a REBEL and a MISFIT and a GENIUS, not least because it blesses her with a historically inaccurate love affair. (Emily Temple in Literary Hub)

According to Brontë historian Juliet Barker, Emily was the sister who wrote for her own satisfaction rather than for fame or fortune. Emily was also the more introverted of the three when not in the company of family, choosing to wander about the moors alone when she needed a break. O’Connor took this tidbit and reportedly utilized it in the film, blending fiction and reality in Emily’s life. (Caroline Miller in Movieweb)

The trailer for Emily is bleak, windswept and full of emotion. Emily shouts “freedom in thought” with her older brother whilst overlooking the dramatic rural landscape–the film’s sentiment is encompassed. As the closing shot of the trailer captures the first page of Wuthering Heights turning, it’s clear that this biopic will aim to focus on the moments leading up to such a significant novel. The controversy surrounding the book’s content at the time of its publication in 1847 is sure to play a key role in the film’s plot. (Charlotte Grimwade in The Independent)

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It's almost too meta to be true. The Guardian writes about the book genre of  writers writing about reading:

Think of Jane Eyre herself. The novel begins with Jane poring over Thomas Bewick’s The History of British Birds, reading her way to the bleak shores of Lapland and Siberia and into centuries of winters, “happy at least in my way”, glad to be able to imaginatively escape the oppression of the present, where her aunt and cousin torment her. When her cousin John comes upon her and chides her for reading the family’s books (“They are mine”), she gains confidence from having read about the Romans to pit her spirit against his: “You are like a murderer–you are like a slave-driver–you are like the Roman emperors!!”

Jane becomes the archetype for so many other restless young women, reading their way out of constrictive worlds. How many of us have longed to utter her speeches, like this one to her cruel aunt: “How dare I, Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth.” So often the act of reading has a special intensity for young women. It’s part of the development of a self with a bodily life. (...)

Books bring us into being, living and dying on the pages. I suppose I knew that as a teenager, lying on the grass in the park, as Jane Eyre knows it and as Lila and Lenù do. The more explicitly nonfictional bibliomemoirs published in the last decade have tested the limits of this process. Samantha Ellis excavates childhood and adolescence in How to Be a Heroine, rereading the books that shaped her.  (Lara Feigel)

The Telegraph talks about blurbs of books (and who writes them). Can you discern what book is described by this blurb?:

As darkness falls, a man caught in a snowstorm is forced to shelter at a strange, grim house. There, he will come to learn the story a woman forced to choose between her husband and the dangerous man she had loved since she was young. How her choice led to betrayal and a terrible revenge – one that still torments the present. (Louise Wilder)

The Roanoke News-Herald and lists of must-read books:

On the other hand, my high school self really enjoyed “Wuthering Heights” because its love story was quite a bit darker. (Holly Taylor)

Filmmaker interviews film director James Ponsoldt:

Ponsoldt: Well, it’s what you said, although I don’t know that I’m self aware enough to [have said that]! But what you described is kind of what I do. I am reminded of when I was in grad school at Columbia and took a course with James Schamus, “Seeing Narrative.” There were two films on the syllabus, Deep Red and Close Up, and otherwise it was talking about a Charlotte Brontë novel or John Ashbery poems. The idea was that narrative, stories and characters exist beyond the scope of the movies we’ve seen, and that if you only know those [movies], you will not lead an interesting life, or you won’t tell interesting stories. (Scott Macauley)

We love this description of the film The Changeling 1980 in Entertainment
Weekly:

Atmosphere is everything when it comes to a good haunting. Though The Changeling commands a tight supernatural mystery, in which a grief-stricken composer uncovers the truth about the little boy who drowned in the bathtub decades ago, we remember this film for its foreboding most of all: the lone ball trickling down the stairs, the elusive piano, and the Brontë-esque burning. (Allaire Nuss)

Autostraddle recaps the first episode of A League of Their Own and describes like this one of the scenes (don't look for this dialogue in the series, it is not there): 

Greta leaves the bar on the arm of a soldier, despite Carson’s protests. “You hardly know him! You know, when Jane Eyre left a party with a guy she hardly knew, she ended up almost murdered to death by that guy’s insane zombie-wife!” Greta says thanks, but she can take care of herself. (Heather Hogan)

MyLondon visited the Forest of Bowland, between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

The expansive, cloud-shrouded moorland reminded me of Scotland’s Highlands crossed with Cumbria’s more amenable hills – not where Wuthering Heights was set but where it absolutely could’ve been. (Tilly Alexander)

Another place where Wuthering Heights was not set but could have been is the island of Bute, according to Tatler:

Outside of this estate, don’t expect gushing luxury. But a bounty of walks and a fresh sea breeze provide plenty of inspiration for writers, artists and nature lovers. On grey days, Bute takes on a kind of Wuthering Heights magic; and when the sun comes out, it is totally glorious. (Eilidh Hargreaves)

The Sun interviews Brian Fallon from the band The Gaslight Anthem:

"I also love that kids are getting to know classic artists like Kate Bush through TV shows like [Stranger Things]. It’s like, great now you’ve heard Running Up That Hill – now go listen to Wuthering Heights." (Karen Edwards)

TV Azteca (México) mentions Wuthering Heights (a homely tale?):

Recordar la literatura del siglo XlX indudablemente nos hace voltear a una peculiar circunstancia en la que se encontraban las autoras de la época; publicar con seudónimos masculinos. Debido a la opresión que el “sexo fuerte” imprimía sobre las mujeres en todos los ámbitos.

Un claro ejemplo es el caso de Emily Brontë, autora de las magníficas Cumbres borrascosas (un relato hogareño introspectivo sobre la esclavitud, la libertad, el desenfreno emocional y la tiranía) publicada en 1847 con el seudónimo Ellis Bell. (Lesli Jiménez) (Translation)

France Culture (France) recommends Leçons de rêve : Alice Diop, élargir les imaginaire:

Comme d'autres artistes ou personnalités dont le travail creuse un endroit de l'utopie et du possible, la réalisatrice Alice Diop est venue partager ce qui la faisait rêver hier et aujourd'hui, la marche, Jane Eyre, Nina Simone, ou un beau coquillage ramassé au Sénégal... (Ondine Guillaume) (Translation)

Novels about relationships in Dagens Nyheter (Sweden):

Ett av litteraturhistoriens oförglömliga kvinnoporträtt är mr Rochesters första fru i Charlotte Brontës ”Jane Eyre”, galningen som hölls inspärrad på vinden. Hon var inte helt ovanlig dåförtiden, även utanför fiktionen: många kvinnor hamnade på mentalsjukhus och liknande, och alla var inte galna. (Lotta Olsson) (Translation) 

Tv2000 (Italy) announces the broadcast of Wuthering Heights 1992 next August 21 (20.55 h). Adam Smith Works posts on Jane Eyre's Blanche Ingram.