More From Period Film &C.

I'm enthralled, intrigued, hypnotized, and absolutely spellbound by this tumblr page.

mmorrow or period film &c

Please, go there now.

If I could only get one website on my computer--Google, I'm sorry, it would have to be this tumblr page. 

They seem to re-imagine all my favourite scenes of period films.

I'm not entirely sure if they created each picture as I was too busy saving, but I believe these images have all been posted through period film &c

Aren't these fantastic?

from Atonement

from Atonement

from Atonement

from Sherlock Holmes

from Atonement

from Bright Star

from Boardwalk Empire

from Becoming Jane

from Atonement

Nicole Kidman from an unidentified film...possibly a photo shoot.

from Inglorious Basterds -"Wait for the cream."

"Jane, of whom do you think I speak?"

from Jane Eyre (2011)

from Becoming Jane

If they are okay with me re-blogging their creations, I assure you this won't be the last time I post their stunning cinema captures...

Glimpses

It wasn't until just recently that I discovered that the DVD's that I own all happen to be period films.  I stumbled upon these splendid images and couldn't resist reposting. Aren't they grand? They inspire me so much and are making me ever so antsy to get my computer back.  I never thought I'd say this, but I actually miss my Photoshop.

Images sources from Period Films &c. and Pirate Lawyer: Archive , eredmaynes , magic-prophecy

April 14th, 2012

Why do I have to freak out in public when I see things like this? It's so embarrassing, but this was worth it.

So who else is looking forward to this?

What do you think of this version of the poster?

Compared to the original double sided poster...

I love that I actually have a very vivid memory of seeing this poster for the very first time in the fall of 1997.

I just was listening to a new artist I just discovered. Her name is Lauren Pritchard. And no lie, as I posted this picture, she sang the lyrics "the ship is going down and all I can do is stand and feel the water". Isn't that crazy!?!   It was in a great song called, "Not the Drinking" if you were curious. Check it out. It's worth your time, I promise.

Back to the posters. I own both of these and suppose I'll have to hunt down the new 3D version as well.  I wouldn't rest until I had a Titanic poster hanging in my room back in the day. I would say the new version is more traumatic and an actual still frame from the film. I know it's going to be a different audience than those that saw the film in 1997 which is hard to believe. I think this was even my first PG-13 movie and the first epic film that I saw in the theatres, It's so strange to think that this will be a brand new experience for anyone under the age of 14 or will it? Maybe most 13 years olds have already witnessed an epic. There have been many since. What was your first epic that you saw in the theatres?

There's still something very ominous about the older designs. I don't think the 3D poster needs to show one of the most climactic scenes. Afterall, there are still a few folks who have never seen this movie (Ahem, Dad) and will be waiting for that freeze frame (no pun intended). I really want to know what you think.

Speaking of posters, it pleased me to see that the Jane Eyre poster received acolades for being one of the best posters of 2011. Here, Here! I concur.

And these two posters weren't hard on the eyes either.

Any other poster lovers out there? Was there one you absolutely had to track down? To what extent did you go?

The New Kate & Leo

Michael Fassbender & Mia Wasikowska

Photo by Todd Williamson – © 2011 Todd Williamson – Image courtesy gettyimages.com

I love it when actors who have portrayed characters I love actually get along outside of the confines of a movie set.

They look genuinely happy, don't they?

Move over Kate & Leo, there's a new darling duo this year.

I'm having withdrawals...

It's only been 3 weeks or so since I finished reading Jane Eyre. Have I told you how much I loved that book. Would it be too soon to start reading it again? I'm afraid so...right? Curiosity led me type Jane Eyre in the Etsy search bar...which reminds me, I should make an etsy treasury with items inspired by the novel. I'll just have to add that to my enormous list of goals to accomplish. I digress...Upon my search, I discovered that my 1943 edition of Wuthering Heights is being called "vintage". I like that word. Apparently my edition also has a companion. There is a version of Jane Eyre in the same style. The problem is that I'm not going to be paying the price that they are asking for because I'm going to wait to find it in some dreary but magnificent bookstore someday.

I also learned from Etsy that this edition of Jane Eyre is the one that Isla Fisher's character April is searching for in the movie Definitely, Maybe. Ryan Reynold's character eventually finds it for her. Über-romantic.  Chandler Bing even tracked down a rare copy of Velveteen Rabbit for a woman he was harbouring a secret crush on. (Remember that one? Joey had mistaken it for a book about cheese.) Regardless of what your friends may think, it's still romantic.It's personal. It's memorable. See, if I purchase this, not only will I be digging deep into my pockets, I will be robbing some guy of a romantic opportunity.

Here, I'll show you all what my version of Wuthering Heights looks like.

This illustration is on the cover. Oh, Heathcliff. What a tortured soul.

Gorgeous font, don't you agree? What I find disturbing is that I can't remember where I found this. I certainly did not pay a pretty penny for it. More than likely it was on a bottom bookshelf at a library sale.

This unfortunately looks like something dark that my brother would request to have drawn for him. Anyone remember James' birthday present from last year?

The engravings are a bit too retro for my utmost approval, but I haven't seen the illustrations from Jane Eyre yet. I can only imagine. If you'd like to see the pair of books I have been rambling on about you can click here to be taken to the Etsy site.

What books do you search for everytime you find yourself in a little book shop around the corner? I so wish to know.

Jane Eyre

Reader, I must confess, I have just finished reading Charlotte Brontë's classic for the first time. I can't believe that all this time it has been sitting on many of the bookshelves in many of the rooms that I have often occupied. I don't know why it has taken me so many years to commit to it, but all I can say is that I didn't want it to end. Early on I started underlining sentences that moved me. By the end of the book I was practically underlining chapters. "My fast falling tears blistered" many a page and there are now scribbles in nearly every margin. It quickly became one of the greatest books I have ever read and has made quite the impact on me.

This year Focus Features released a beautiful film directed by Cary Fukunaga--starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. This wasn't the first adaptation that I have seen, so I knew the premise--but after reading the book, I enthusiastically support this version. It may not be the most literal, but it is stunning to say the least. And I feel that the characters were well represented--if not the raw embodiment of two fictitious characters. My hope is that it will be acknowledged during the award season. The score by Dario Marianelli (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) was entirely exquisite as well.  The learn more about the other adaptations visit The Enthusiast's Guide to Jane Eyre Adaptations.

This is precisely how I feel right now. What road do you take? I must add that I deeply appreciated the absence of dialogue for the first 6 minutes. It set the tone in a remarkable way.

I believe this is also the house where Gosford Park was filmed.

"Adele would like to show us her accomplishments."

The painting on the wall reminds me of Gustav Richter's sister (Andy Richter?). Can anyone else see the resemblance?

There's so much more that you can learn from listening to a commentary. On the contrary, there are ways that the film can be destroyed. (I will not be able to view the trees in the same way in this movie knowing that the leaves were added digitally for some scenes and left out entirely for others when they are all within the same season.) The commentary for the 2011 version was given by the director. In this scene he drew attention to the imagery of the caged bird by filming the window panes. Brilliant.

This reminds me of Becoming Jane when Tom Lefroy wishes Miss Austen, "Goodnight". What do you think?

Some time in the past, I saw an illustration of Mr. Rochester and he was represented in this manner. I'll repost it if I ever find it. 

In this frame, my favourite line in the screenplay is uttered. I fear I would not be able to recall it word for word as Moira Buffini wrote it, so I will not try, but to summerize it: Mr. Rochester is describing the cord of communication between them.

Here is the passage from the words of Brontë:

"Because," he said, "I sometimes have a queer feeling with regard to you-especially when you are near me, as now: it is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame.  And if that boisterous channel, and two hundred miles or so of land come broad between us, I am afraid that cord of communication will be snapt; and then I've a nervous notion I should take to bleeding inwardly.  As for you, --you'd forget me."

I really don't draw my friends and family enough. This winter I aim to make portraits for them.

Of course, I now wish to visit Haddon Hall- the setting of Thornfield. Although the virtual tour would be so much cheaper, it would be quite the experience to actually walk the grounds. Someday...when I go to England...

I hope I haven't inundated you with images. I know there are so many. I just couldn't bring myself to the point of excluding any of the ones posted.

All images from Jane Eyre belong to Focus Features.