Sunday, 21 October 2007
What Would Jane Do?
Ok all you Janeites out there (and I know you're out there...), I just quite illegally watched the new BBC version of Northanger Abbey and can I just say, WOW!!! As you may know, it is definitely the most difficult of Austen's novels to adapt since THE WHOLE THING IS A SATIRE (of course I know that all my readers know this, but I'm just pointing out the impressiveness of the fact that the filmmakers were, unusually enough, not labouring under the misapprehension that Jane Austen wrote mopey Bronteesque romantic dramas). They managed to catch the ironic tone rather well and the film was entirely a breath of fresh air. I did not, however, enjoy the slightly confusing vampire references they saw fit to throw in the pot, but whatev. Henry Tilney's deadly combination of hotness and humour more than made up for it. If your scruples prevent you from searching for it online, I believe the wonderful people at Masterpiece Theatre are showing it as part of the Jane Austen Season they're doing this year. So watch!
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Ooooh, sounds good. I shall have to be on the lookout.
Sorry I haven't written in a while. I shall get to it soon.
I may have to check this out. Is there no released copy of it or something?
Not sure if it's been released yet, I just know that it's already been on tv here and that US Masterpiece Theatre is showing it as part of this season. I also illegally watched the new "Persuasion" but it was vastly inferior to the 1995 feature film version so I didn't mention it. Except Captain Wentworth was obviously hired for his hotness alone, and Anthony Head of "Buffy" did a slightly confusing but nevertheless entertaining version of Sir Walter Elliot.
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