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I often watch random old movies that are far too obscure to justify having a thread+poll, but I do wish I had a place to shitpost about them. So maybe this will be that place.
I watched two very different films this weekend that I thoroughly enjoyed on very different levels.
The first was The House of Mirth starring Gillian Anderson, which I loved. Adapted from an Edith Wharton novel, it starts out as a fairly typical Merchant Ivory style costume piece, but my God it's bleak! Instead of choosing which of her many potential suitors to marry as the first half leads you to expect, she winds up
Anderson is magnificent, there's a breakdown scene near the end that really moved me. I think the film was a complete flop, but if it had been better marketed I see no reason why she couldn't have won an Oscar for it. Also Laura Linney as a VILLAINOUS society girl, which is always fun. Rentable on Amazon Prime and a total recommend!
I watched two very different films this weekend that I thoroughly enjoyed on very different levels.
The first was The House of Mirth starring Gillian Anderson, which I loved. Adapted from an Edith Wharton novel, it starts out as a fairly typical Merchant Ivory style costume piece, but my God it's bleak! Instead of choosing which of her many potential suitors to marry as the first half leads you to expect, she winds up
crippled by gambling debts, cast out of society and dying of a laudanum overdose in a flop house!
Anderson is magnificent, there's a breakdown scene near the end that really moved me. I think the film was a complete flop, but if it had been better marketed I see no reason why she couldn't have won an Oscar for it. Also Laura Linney as a VILLAINOUS society girl, which is always fun. Rentable on Amazon Prime and a total recommend!