Jane Austen's Life
Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. It may have been a short life, and ... more
seemingly uneventful, but for the world of literature it was a very valuable one.This DVD takes us to the places which shaped Jane Austen's vision, and inspired her to write some of the best loved classic novels worldwide. Explore Steventon, the village of her birth; find out what she really thought about Bath and discover Cassandra's revelations about Jane's mystery seaside admirer. Combine all this with the fascinating Jane Austen Museum at Chawton and enjoy a journey through the same glorious English countryside which Jane Austen experienced for herself, nearly two hundred years ago.
Advantages: It's a reasonable chick flick. Disadvantages: It's very predictable.
...and tested methods in her filmmaking to draw in the viewers and get them to identify with the characters. The movie opens with a quote from JaneAusten overlaid with the cacophony of modern life, immediately drawing parallels between the two. We then whiz around the city seeing glimpses of the characters and the frustrations of their everyday lives (being stuck in traffic, falling foul of the machines at the gym etc). Then we get short introductions to each of the main players. These establish their personalities, preoccupations, romantic situations and where applicable, their relationships with each other. Then we're swiftly into their respective crises, which all clearly exist so they can cry on each others' shoulders and learn from the novels of Austen. It's very predictable and you're never in any doubt that everyone will end up blissfully in...
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...teacher who is battling an attraction to one of her students while her marriage slowly falls apart, and Grigg, a science fiction enthusiast who is attracted to Jocelyn and accepts to join the club in order to get to know her better. Unfortunately for Grigg, Jocelyn recruited him into the club in an attempt to hook him up with Sylvia, who, incidentally, is still in love with her ex-husband.
Deciding that the club will be concentrating their efforts on JaneAusten's classic novels, the group meet up once a month in order to discuss one of the novels. During these discussions, the comments of the members begin to reveal their true natures, and friendships solidify and spill out into the 'real' world - a world devoid of JaneAusten.
In between the book club meetings, life goes on as usual with Sylvia's ex husband constantly popping in to...
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Advantages: good film and choice of characters Disadvantages: n/a
...It's safe to say that I'm far more interested in JaneAustenslife than her written works which is possibly why I've become quite attatched to this film. It was shown on the telly the other day and despite the fact that I do have the DVD I had already circled it in the Evening Post TV listings. Just in case anybody in our house had any queries as to what we would be watching that night.
The film is about a young JaneAusten, the youngest daughter of her family she is expected to marry a wealthy gentleman who has offered his hand. The money she'd inherit could easily sweep away the chance of looming poverty which is hanging around like a bad smell. The problem as always is the obvious thing. She doesn't love him and what makes things more complicated is when a headstrong lawyer turns up.
Sent deep into the countryside by his uncle...
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