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Jane Eyre
0 Comments. 824 Views. Posted 19 Aug 2011 @ 1:52pm.
This is the umpteenth version of Charlotte Bronte’s classic 1847 novel about a plain, obscure and poor orphan girl who lands a job as a governess and eventually captures the heart of her mysterious employer. The most famous version of this story is arguably the 1943 production starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. This 22nd version of the timeless Gothic romance is a visually sumptuous and... Read More
Jane Eyre 
0 Comments. 1,515 Views. Posted 16 Aug 2011 @ 12:22pm.
Jane Eyre has had 16 film versions, nine television adaptations as well as inspiring operas, books, musicals, radio shows, ballets and even graphic novels. Adding to the list, Cary Joji Fukunaga's (Sin Nombre) latest film incarnation beautifully captures the period drama on film but fails to entirely engage with Charlotte Brontë's famous Gothic novel.  Screenwriter Moira Buffini's (... Read More
Jane Eyre
0 Comments. 929 Views. Posted 12 Aug 2011 @ 5:40pm.
Jane Eyre has had 16 film versions, nine television adaptations as well as inspiring operas, books, musicals, radio shows, ballets and even graphic novels.  Adding to the list, Cary Joji Fukunaga’s (Sin Nombre) latest film incarnation beautifully captures the period drama on film but fails to entirely engage with Charlotte Brontë’s famous Gothic novel. Screenwriter Moira Buffini’s (... Read More
Jane Eyre Adapted
0 Comments. 2,239 Views. Posted 20 Jul 2011 @ 12:11pm.
For over 160 years, Charlotte Brontë's iconic novel Jane Eyre has been one of the world's most popular books.  And like any true legendary novel, it's recently been adapted into a movie. But surely adapting such an iconic novel to screen will come with some backlash, right? Cinema Nova believes just this. They've rounded up some of Melbourne's brightest arts identities – Mel... Read More
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