Iris

Iris

  • Director: Richard Eyre
  • Writer: John Bayley,Richard Eyre,Charles Wood
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 29, 2002
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch
  • "Iris" is a biopic produced by Miramax Films in the United Kingdom. It is directed by Richard Eyre and starred by Judy Dench, Jim Broadbent , Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville . The film was released in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2001.
    The film is adapted from "Elegy for Iris" and "Iris: An Anthology" written by John Ashbery himself   . It tells the love story of Iris and her husband John Ashbery along the way, and the couple experienced a romantic time for more than 40 years   .

    Details

    • Release date March 29, 2002
    • Filming locations Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Production companies British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Fox Iris Productions, Intermedia Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,594,617

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $23,144

    Gross worldwide

    $16,153,953

    Movie reviews

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    • By John 2022-01-12 08:02:13

      Iris

      A British version of the story of Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang. But John Bayley and Iris Murdoch are famous for their wives, not their husbands.

      The movie was filmed by the BBC. The protagonist is Iris after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The life of Rish and John when they were young is constantly inserted in the middle. The film is probably meant to express that suffering from Alzheimer’s is the greatest misfortune in the life of intellectuals like Iris-----When she was young,...

    • By Davon 2022-01-12 08:02:13

      Please choose me

      After watching this faint British movie calmly, my heart is no longer peaceful.
         Human aging is really the most terrifying killer in the world, it kills all good memories. I think of grandma and grandfather, and also think of us. I don't know who will be selected by this terrible disease when we are old. Although it is not painful or itchy, it is slowly eating away at your memory and soul. The one who is awake is even more unfortunate. From then on, a person will fall into the abyss of...

    • By Ivy 2022-01-12 08:02:13

      Just to meet you on the way

      If we are old and the memory deep in the brain suddenly disappears, we can’t remember what we said, what we did, the people we loved, the hearts we hated, we can only slowly recognize the grass and the thing around us, sometimes we don’t know. Which ones have been seen and which ones have not been seen. We can only recognize them with a familiar and unfamiliar mentality. Sometimes, the simplicity of the material makes us laugh, sometimes, the kind faces of others make us feel funny; other...

    • By Christina 2022-01-12 08:02:13

      If love disappears, life will also pass (ZT)

      In the boundless river water, two bloated figures floating eagerly searched for each other's figure. The woman shouted: "I want you! John Bayley!", the man immediately replied: "My dear! I want too. You!"

      This is the opening remark of the movie describing a 40-year-old love story.

      After watching this film, many people may think that this is a story about how to accompany people with Alzheimer’s through the last journey of life, but it is not the case. This film mainly...

    • By Elmore 2022-01-12 08:02:13

      The light at the end of the long road

      I chose this movie because of my preference for Judy Dench, but the movie itself has moved me far more than Judy’s proficient acting skills. This is a movie about the elderly and also an intellectual movie. Since I was born in a teacher’s family, I sympathize with the character, life, and style of the characters inside. Iris, played by Judy in his twilight years, continues the style of the strong women in the previous films, but more delicately portrays the wisdom and heaviness brought about by...

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    • By Mae 2023-03-13 06:24:22

      Don't give up, it's time to think about your old...

    • By Nels 2022-04-24 07:01:19

      I love both heroines very much, it feels like performing the writer I love,...

    • By Kareem 2022-04-24 07:01:19

      The experience of love is a frustrating...

    • By Paolo 2022-04-24 07:01:19

      Kate really can be naked in any...

    • By Akeem 2022-04-24 07:01:19

      A touching performance by four British actors I especially like [tears][tears][tears] I heard Kate sing again, it's so beautiful~...

    Evaluation action

    In terms of expressive techniques, the film allows the lens to freely switch between the lives of young and old Alice, without adding too much grounding narrative. What the audience sees is the strong contrast between the passionate young Alice and the old Alice who is languishing day by day, and what remains unchanged between the two is the love and care of her husband John Ashbery. The film did not arrange a happy ending in which...
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    Movie quotes

    • Iris Murdoch: There is only one freedom of any importance, freedom of the mind.

    • Young Iris Murdoch: [to John] You know more about me than anyone. You are my world.

    • Iris Murdoch: I... wrote?

      John Bayley: Yes, my darling, clever cat! You wrote books.

      Iris Murdoch: Books... I wrote?

      John Bayley: You wrote novels. Wonderful novels.

      Iris Murdoch: I... wrote...

      John Bayley: Such things you wrote. Special things. Secret things.