06-09-2019, 06:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-09-2019, 06:25 PM by TM2YC. Edited 1 time in total.)
The official BFI 62nd best British film...
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
I might have watched this with my parents when it first hit VHS but it's been 20+ years so I can't really remember. It's Directed by Ang Lee, from a perfect script by star Emma Thompson and also features Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant in one of their early star-making roles. It's testament to all the great casting choices that almost the entire ensemble are still furiously busy working to this day (except the late great Alan Rickman of course). I can't comment on the Jane Austen book but the film works by letting us the audience know upfront who should end up with who by the end, who is true and who is false, so all the obstacles, misunderstandings and unspoken longings create edge-of-the-seat tension. The score by Patrick Doyle is wonderfully romantic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUuXRfy5jSY
35mm trailer:
![[Image: Sense_and_sensibility.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Sense_and_sensibility.jpg)
It's also worth mentioning that IIRC the poster has become an iconic graphic design for films of the same genre. You seemingly can't release a period film of this type without a poster featuring two glowing images bisected by a cream ribbon:
![[Image: belle-greek-movie-poster.jpg]](https://cdn.cinematerial.com/p/500x/2ohg9xsy/belle-greek-movie-poster.jpg)
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![[Image: 71h845xT2IL._SY445_.jpg]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71h845xT2IL._SY445_.jpg)
![[Image: 220px-ALC_poster.jpg]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/ALC_poster.jpg/220px-ALC_poster.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
I might have watched this with my parents when it first hit VHS but it's been 20+ years so I can't really remember. It's Directed by Ang Lee, from a perfect script by star Emma Thompson and also features Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant in one of their early star-making roles. It's testament to all the great casting choices that almost the entire ensemble are still furiously busy working to this day (except the late great Alan Rickman of course). I can't comment on the Jane Austen book but the film works by letting us the audience know upfront who should end up with who by the end, who is true and who is false, so all the obstacles, misunderstandings and unspoken longings create edge-of-the-seat tension. The score by Patrick Doyle is wonderfully romantic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUuXRfy5jSY
35mm trailer:
It's also worth mentioning that IIRC the poster has become an iconic graphic design for films of the same genre. You seemingly can't release a period film of this type without a poster featuring two glowing images bisected by a cream ribbon:
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