I was dreading this version of Mansfield Park (aired on “Masterpiece” on Sunday, January 27), but it was good. What a relief. I was thinking it was impossible to do a good job with MP because so many people (not me!) dislike Fanny Price. In Patricia Rozema’s 1999 version, she conflates Fanny’s character with that [...]
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MP – I liked it!
Posted in Literary Links, books, movies, tagged movies on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Davies does it again
Posted in Literary Links, movies, tagged movies on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thankfully the new adaptation of Northanger Abbey was done by Andrew Davies who hits all the right notes. Admittedly, this book has not been adapted as much as the others, so there is nothing stellar to compare against, but he makes excellent use of Austen’s own dialogue (not every director is able to do this), adroitly showing the [...]
Persuasion – ouch!
Posted in Literary Links, movies, tagged movies on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hated the new version of Persuasion, which aired on PBS last week as Masterpiece Theatre becomes “Masterpiece Classics” and an all-Jane Austen slate of programs is kicked off. Sally Hawkins is no Amanda Root, who played Anne in the 1995 movie version. She has a slumping, shuffling way of walking, gapes constantly like a fish out of water and [...]
