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Alan Early
Marian College, Mohill, Co. Leitrim
The new English Leaving Cert Course includes
a list of five films to study. Alan Early reviews them:
Dances with Wolves
Cinema Paradiso
Room With A View
My Left Foot
The Third Man
Based on E.M. Forster's novel, the plot is one we've all heard a million
times. A genteel young, upper-class girl falls for an improper ragamuffin,
despite the fact that she is engaged to be married to the well-off, stuck-up
gentleman whom her family greatly prefer. Will she choose love or money?
We begin in Florence with Miss. Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Boham-Carter)
and her chaperone, Charlotte Barlette (Maggie Smith) who find that they
have a room without a view! But help is at hand as the eccentric Mister
Emerson and son George (Julian Sands) offer to exchange room with the
women. Later, the plot takes an interesting turn when shy George grabs
Lucy and kisses her passionately. Miss Barlette sees them and, infuriated,
she and Lucy promptly return to Britain. Here we meet Lucy's fiance, a
slightly comedic character, Cycil Vyse (an unrecognisable Daniel Day Lewis).
A few weeks pass and Lucy's memory of George slowly fade away, until before
she knows what's going on, the Emersons have moved into the nearby village!
This film, like 'Titanic' takes a dig at the British class system. The
most likable characters are those who don't stick to the strict rules
of the class and are almost treated like outsiders, such as the Emersons.
The most unlikable are those who look down on others, Miss. Barlette or
Cycil Vyse. There are some wonderful supporting performances from Judi
Dench and Day Lewis as well as an intense performance from Sands. James
Ivory's direction is good and the attention to detail is excellent. However,
the cinematography at times is not as spectacular as it could be.
Whether or not you like this movie will depend on one thing, whether
you like period dramas. I don't like them and frankly I don't believe
that many teenagers do, so I wonder if this was a good addition to the
new English Course.
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