The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor/scope 144m
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, Christian Bale, John Gielgud, Valentina Cervi, Viggo Mortensen
Synopsis:
A girl of family comes into money and falls prey to the attentions of a heartless collector of beautiful things, while her consumptive cousin watches longingly from the wings.
Review:
James's doorstop of a novel, with its beleaguered heroine, seemed an apt next step for the director of The Piano, and it certainly gets the casting treatment common to period pieces. It is not weighed down by this, however, and we are able to contemplate Isabel's misfortune and Osmond's wickedness without the payback of a Dangerous Liaisons-type finish. A thing of beauty, but with a refreshing chill.
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor/scope 144m
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, Christian Bale, John Gielgud, Valentina Cervi, Viggo Mortensen
Synopsis:
A girl of family comes into money and falls prey to the attentions of a heartless collector of beautiful things, while her consumptive cousin watches longingly from the wings.
Review:
James's doorstop of a novel, with its beleaguered heroine, seemed an apt next step for the director of The Piano, and it certainly gets the casting treatment common to period pieces. It is not weighed down by this, however, and we are able to contemplate Isabel's misfortune and Osmond's wickedness without the payback of a Dangerous Liaisons-type finish. A thing of beauty, but with a refreshing chill.
Country: GB/US
Technical: Technicolor/scope 144m
Director: Jane Campion
Cast: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelley Duvall, Christian Bale, John Gielgud, Valentina Cervi, Viggo Mortensen
Synopsis:
A girl of family comes into money and falls prey to the attentions of a heartless collector of beautiful things, while her consumptive cousin watches longingly from the wings.
Review:
James's doorstop of a novel, with its beleaguered heroine, seemed an apt next step for the director of The Piano, and it certainly gets the casting treatment common to period pieces. It is not weighed down by this, however, and we are able to contemplate Isabel's misfortune and Osmond's wickedness without the payback of a Dangerous Liaisons-type finish. A thing of beauty, but with a refreshing chill.