The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola)

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRKXyeoWfco

I'm not familiar with Clint Eastwood's original but I like the Southern setting for this

Kidman should lay off the botox

jonon9

Interesting. I was a fan of Clint's version thought he played a good role.

Harry Palmr

No just ****ing no! - It's one of Eastwood's most intriguing films.

jonon9

Harry Palmr wrote: »

No just ****ing no! - It's one of Eastwood's most intriguing films.

The name's Mcburney but you can call me McD.

Disposable1

Harry Palmr wrote: »

No just ****ing no! - It's one of Eastwood's most intriguing films.

Yeah but in fairness it is based on a book, so is open to interpretation, also I think she will do a good job, I trust her.

JP Liz V1

The reviews are not bad

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The reviews are not bad

Some would even say good

Sad Professor

Reviews are excellent bar the usual moaning about Coppola being a privileged rich white girl. The film has also been accused of whitewashing for excluding the female black slave character from the book.

johnny_ultimate

I found it very strong indeed - upper tier Coppola (not quite Lost in Translation 'god tier', but would have a fighting chance for her second or third best). Biggest surprise was just how funny it was - everyone's having a blast here, mining the theoretically grim subject matter for the dark humour within. Also worth admiring just how memorably foggy the whole affair is - everything feels like it's covered in a mildly suffocating layer of mist, which not only suits the oppressive sexual tension (brilliant, playful example of the female gaze in that respect), but also lends the film a strong visual style (also worth noting: nighttime scenes that actually feel like night - Lyndon quality candlelight here).

Only major complaint I'd have is it feels like it takes 15 minutes or so to kick into gear, yet with a modest running time I'd have frankly happily have taken another 20 minutes or so when it does pick up momentum and energy. But that is a good complaint.

TerrorFirmer

Very much looking forward to it but without reading too much about it, is the 2014 film 'The Keeping Room' sort of heavily inspired by the novel on which this is based?

From reading the first few lines it sounds extremely similar.

Incidentally thought the Keeping Room was a very good film, probably one to check out if you enjoyed The Beguiled.

Sad Professor

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Very much looking forward to it but without reading too much about it, is the 2014 film 'The Keeping Room' sort of heavily inspired by the novel on which this is based?

From reading the first few lines it sounds extremely similar.

Incidentally thought the Keeping Room was a very good film, probably one to check out if you enjoyed The Beguiled.

I think this and The Keeping Room are basically feminist re-tellings of the Siegal/Eastwood movie, which is considered somewhat misogynistic now. I haven't seen Coppola's version yet, but it probably screwed up in a way that The Keeping Room didn't by stripping away the historical context.

As an aside, I never noticed it before but I was listening to an interview with Coppola recently and Johansson is doing an absolute dead on impression of her in Lost in Translation. She laughs and talks the exact same way, it's really amazing.

JP Liz V1

TG4 airing it tonight