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 wr...
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 ...
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 ...
Advantages: Excellent entertainment Disadvantages: Some of the productions are better than others
JaneAusten needs little or no introduction to both modern readers and viewers. She was one of the pioneers of the modern novel and her work continues to be read widely - not just for its historic value but for its entertainment too! Whilst some consider it to be "women's literature" this is simply because her heroines are young women. Frankly it is a gender-inspired argument as ridiculous as to say that Shakespeare is for men. Her novels are carefully crafted and exquisitely written snapshots of her era and if her social concerns are not as wide-ranging as, say, Charles Dickens' the wickedness of her wit is sharper through being muted.
Since she unfortunately died at the early age of forty-one it is possible to present all Austen's mature works within one collection. This dvd set contains adaptations of all her adult novels and as ...
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