Roger Michell on PERSUASION
Roger Michell, the director of the 1995 film adaptation of PERSUASION, compares that film to his latest film, THE MOTHER:
Seven years ago, director Roger Michell was telling people that he saw his film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion as the story of a woman who was watching her life go by and deciding she had to live for the first time.
July 29th, 2004 at 10:35 pm
I think it’s so cute when artsy types make proclamations about the unwashed masses. Mitchell talks about a nearly universal taboo about women engaging in sex after their childbearing years are over, and particularly with younger men. I suppose he’s never seen Springer.
Gad, I’m very very conservative in my religious beliefs and this issue has been discussed in my church. There was some shifting in the seats, but no one’s head exploded.
Then later he goes on to credit his movie for opening up a dialogue about the subject. I liked his adaptation of Persuasion, but I’m thinking he needs to get out amongst the little people a bit more.
Sue
July 30th, 2004 at 11:19 pm
I think he’s suggesting that there is a double standard, which you have to admit there is–for instance, there’s a bigger fuss made when Demi Moore dates Ashton Kutcher than when Michael Douglas marries Catherine Zeta-Jones. Nobody comes out and says it anymore, but the double standard is there.