- WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK MOVIE
- WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK PLUS
- WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK SERIES
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK MOVIE
The costume designer won the Academy Award, and unlike a lot of earlier historical flicks, they didn’t go overboard - the look is simple and elegant, supporting the show without overwhelming the actors.ĭangerous Beauty (1998) - Supposedly based on The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, a nonfiction biography of the 16th-century Venetian courtesan and poet Veronica Franco, this movie launched a thousand historical costumers into ladder-laced bodices and breeches. But I love the heck out of this musical, and the movie makes me cry, it’s so poignant in places. I read the book as a kid and thought it was a kind of crappy retelling of Arthurian legends. There is pretty much nothing wrong with this film, and it’s worth watching again and again.Ĭamelot (1967) - Based on the musical that was loosely based on the book by T. The story is layered and nuanced, all about class consciousness in 1910s England, and the costume and art direction are lush and gorgeous. Forester novel, this won Emma Thompson a Best Actress Oscar (she’s the only person to win both an acting and screenwriting Oscar so far). Howards End (1992) - One of those great 1990s Merchant-Ivory adaptions of an E.M. The costumes in this version aren’t perfect (and the wigs aren’t great), but they’re aiming for the right times, and that gets a HUGE thumbs-up from this former English literature academic. Most filmed adaptions get this wrong and set the story in the 1840s when Brontë wrote it.
Lockwood visits in 1801, when the framing story (the first chapters) begins. This is because it’s set in the right time period: Catherine and Heathcliff are born in the 1760s, so they’re teenagers in the 1770s and ’80s when much of their romantic relationship happens. Get a load of those super-exaggerated panniers in the 18th-century scenes!Įmily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1992) - This is the only filmed version of the book (one of my all-time favorite books evar, thankyouverymuch!) that I find to be true to both the story and the look of the novel. Beautifully costumed by Sandy Powell (nominated for the Oscar), brilliantly acted by Tilda Swinton, and directed by Sally Potter, this is an entirely gripping, entertaining film and a visual feast. Orlando (1992) - Based on the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name about a person who switches gender throughout several centuries. This film, along with the same year’s TV production of Pride and Prejudice, were responsible for a huge Austen revival in pop culture. And the costumes aren’t just the dreary old Regency maternity dresses either - they look fresh and attractive, and the hats are especially beautiful.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK PLUS
With fantastic performances from Emma Thompson (who wrote the script and won an Oscar for it), plus Kate Winslet and Alan Rickman, this movie is a pure delight to watch.
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - There are quite a few good Jane Austen adaptions (and some stinkers), but this is my very favorite.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1992 MOVIE COMPARED TO BOOK SERIES
Thus, here is Trystan’s highly arbitrary list of five great and five terrible Movies / TV Series Adapted From Books, With a Special Emphasis on Costume! Of course, some are better than others, especially when it comes to the costumes. So that brings to mind movies and TV series adapted from books, because so many tend to be costume dramas.
October is National Book Month (yeah, it’s a thing, trust me).