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Tribute to screenwriter Jawala
Jaqueline 2022-01-13 08:02:16
Director James Avery, producer Ismail Mozent and screenwriter Ruth Baljawala have had an Iron Triangle partnership for thirty years. They are best at adapting famous literary works, such as EM Foster's novel "A Blue Sky Outside the Window", and Henry James's arduous works "European" and "Bostonian". Jawala herself is a respected writer, but her literary adaptation of the screenplay has made her famous. She definitely deserves it, and this film is her most exquisite artistic achievement. The difficulty of adapting literary works is that movies often appear artificial, like a pool of stagnant water. Her script is concise and concise, faithful to the original, witty and touching.
Extended Reading
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London 2022-03-19 09:01:07
Feminine consciousness and class criticism: Helen’s tit-for-tat confrontation with the owner of Howard Manor and the assistance of the lower-level intellectual Leonard show her sensitivity and resistance to social class opposition, and the fruitless love tragedy with Leonard is the inevitable social status disparity The ending; the differences in personality and behavior between Helen and her sister Margaret can be compared to Elizabeth and Jane in arrogance and prejudice, the conflict and tolerance between modernity and tradition.
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Talon 2022-03-20 09:02:26
A rare good film, comparable to Martin's "The Age of Innocence", the details of life are intertwined with class contradictions, and the introverted perspective contains turbulent contrasts of human nature and value judgments on social outlets.
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[last lines]
Margaret Schlegel: What did Dolly mean about Howards End?
Henry Wilcox: Mmmm? My poor Ruth, during her last days, scribbled your name on a piece of paper. Knowing her not to be herself, I set it aside. Didn't do wrong, did I?
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Ruth Wilcox: My idea has always been that if we could bring the mothers of the various nations together, then there would be no more war.