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Advantages: The cinematography and film direction, Strong performance by Johansson Disadvantages: Excessive editing, Some characters under-developed
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Genre: Biography/Drama
Certificate: 12 (UK), PG 13 (USA)
Running time: 100 minutes
Director: Peter Webber
Main Cast:
Colin Firth - Johannes Vermeer
Scarlett Johansson - Griet
Tom Wilkinson - Van Ruijven
Judy Parfitt - Maria Thins
Essie Davis - Catharina Vermeer
Cillian Murphy - Pieter
It is said that every picture tells a story, and this is essentially what "Girl with a Pearl Earring" sets out to do; to ... ...same name. Based on the highly successful novel by Tracy Chevalier, this is a vision of how the enigmatic portrait might have come to be created. This is, of course, a fictionalised account (although based on Chevalier's meticulous historical research of both artist and period), as so much is still unknown about this painting - including who the sitter actually was. Taking this mystery as a starting point, Chevalier developed an intriguing and believable ...
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Advantages: Good cast, good acting Disadvantages: Not to sure about the plot, a bit on the mysogynist side
...her icy-cold flapper in “Bright Young things”, which was out at the cinema at the same time as “Young Adam”. I’ve enjoyed many of her movies in the past, especially her performance in “Lovely and Amazing”. She’s one of those actors who seems to completely submerge into the part she’s playing – rather than me thinking of her as Emily Mortimer, I think of her as her character - always a good thing, in acting terms.
Joes lives with Ella (Tilda Swinton) ... ...(seen recently in “The Magdalene Sisters”), and much of the story is about their relationships with one another, living and working on the barge. Things are always from Joe’s viewpoint: it’s all about his sexual escapades, the scrapes he gets into, and in some cases out of, his ambitions…
The soundtrack is from David Byrne (is he still best known for being in Talking Heads or for his recent things like “Lazy”?). It’s haunting and effective, strangely ...
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