Weekend Jane Austen film festival
Feb. 18th, 2003 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrFrom work:
The home computer still is not fixed. Rob worked every day this holiday weekend. The girls still have that virus that spikes their temperatures up a little every day and so weren’t in the mood to go out and do anything very adventuresome outside the house.
I did laundry, but that hardly seemed enough to justify the weekend. To keep cabin fever at bay, we held an impromptu Jane Austen film festival. On Saturday, the girls and I wanted the A&E production of "Pride and Prejudice" (with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehl). The girls enjoyed that very much. I did have to answer a lot of questions: what’s this odious entail business all about, for example? What’s the "living" that Darcy refused to give to Wickham? Why on earth did Charlotte Lucas think she had to marry that smarmy Mr. Collins? We went to some friends for dinner on Saturday night. In the car ride on the way home, it was obvious that they were still mulling over Lizzie and Mr. Darcy. I was impressed by the level of their thinking about it. We talked about what pride is as opposed to prejudice, and how both can lead to mistakes, what exactly was wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett’s marriage, and how it led to Lydia’s disgraceful behavior, how the arrogance of Mr. Collins’ proposal foreshadowed Mr. Darcy’s first proposal, and how Mr. Darcy and Lizzie both had to be humbled and learn from their mistakes.
Sunday we watched "Persuasion," the version with Amanda Root and Ciarin Hinds. I love it, but it was not quite as successful as P&P—a more cerebral production, and a bit trying for a six year old’s patience (Delia also kept mixing up the Musgrove girls, which made things more confusing for her). On Monday, we watched "Sense and Sensibility." About halfway through, they realized that Colonel Brandon was Snape, which caused much excitement.
Perhaps we’ll rent Gwyneth Paltrow’s "Emma" soon. I know I don’t dare show them the recent release of the Patricia Rozema production of "Mansfield Park"—the sketch book that Fanny looks through would be too shocking. There was a television production of "Northanger Abbey" in 1986, but it would be very difficult to find.
And I don't know anyone who has ever done a production of Lady Susan.
Peg
The home computer still is not fixed. Rob worked every day this holiday weekend. The girls still have that virus that spikes their temperatures up a little every day and so weren’t in the mood to go out and do anything very adventuresome outside the house.
I did laundry, but that hardly seemed enough to justify the weekend. To keep cabin fever at bay, we held an impromptu Jane Austen film festival. On Saturday, the girls and I wanted the A&E production of "Pride and Prejudice" (with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehl). The girls enjoyed that very much. I did have to answer a lot of questions: what’s this odious entail business all about, for example? What’s the "living" that Darcy refused to give to Wickham? Why on earth did Charlotte Lucas think she had to marry that smarmy Mr. Collins? We went to some friends for dinner on Saturday night. In the car ride on the way home, it was obvious that they were still mulling over Lizzie and Mr. Darcy. I was impressed by the level of their thinking about it. We talked about what pride is as opposed to prejudice, and how both can lead to mistakes, what exactly was wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett’s marriage, and how it led to Lydia’s disgraceful behavior, how the arrogance of Mr. Collins’ proposal foreshadowed Mr. Darcy’s first proposal, and how Mr. Darcy and Lizzie both had to be humbled and learn from their mistakes.
Sunday we watched "Persuasion," the version with Amanda Root and Ciarin Hinds. I love it, but it was not quite as successful as P&P—a more cerebral production, and a bit trying for a six year old’s patience (Delia also kept mixing up the Musgrove girls, which made things more confusing for her). On Monday, we watched "Sense and Sensibility." About halfway through, they realized that Colonel Brandon was Snape, which caused much excitement.
Perhaps we’ll rent Gwyneth Paltrow’s "Emma" soon. I know I don’t dare show them the recent release of the Patricia Rozema production of "Mansfield Park"—the sketch book that Fanny looks through would be too shocking. There was a television production of "Northanger Abbey" in 1986, but it would be very difficult to find.
And I don't know anyone who has ever done a production of Lady Susan.
Peg