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Emma. – 2020 de Wilde
- A pastel-infused triumph from debut filmmaker Autumn de Wilde
- Jane Austen and Anya Taylor-Joy do their part- but the entire mise-en-scene, from the décor to the costumes here is what sets it apart. There’s enough here to make Wes Anderson proud. Other films have been made in this mode, including Paddington 2 (2017). Wes Anderson is one of this generation’s greatest filmmakers- it would make sense to have this level of influence. Given the period genre Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette is another.
- Early in the film Taylor-Joy is in the handsome greenhouse and is framed by the door
- Cotton candy pink, strong wallpaper work. Drapes—such splendor and detail- de Wilde’s camera literally ducks underneath a lovely drape at one point. And Taylor-Joy’s Emma even has a music book splashed with color
- Bill Nighy’s easy charm and that colossal smoking jacket
- Chapter breaks from Rushmore to mark the changes in the seasons
- There have been many adaptations of Emma of course- 1995’s Clueless may be the most famous. Taylor-Joy and de Wilde decide to play Emma without any of Alicia Silverstone’s naivete. Taylor-Joy’s Emma is harder to wrap your arms around- duplicitous
- If you still doubted Taylor-Joy’s talents (The Witch)- there’s a display of unspoken acting with her opening the carriage door with such condescension
- A stand-alone stunner of Taylor-Joy’s Emma and Miranda Hart’s Miss Bates in front of the window
- A feat of living room work and interiors
- Recommend/Highly Recommend border
Drake2021-04-17T13:24:25+00:00
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Have you seen the miniseries The Queen’s Gambit from 2020? It also stars Anya Taylor-Joy in a great role. I think there is enough artistic ambition there in some sequences, from the chess-match editing to a few nice tracking shots to the consistently lovely photography and mid-century production design, that it deserves a spot in the archives.
@Graham- I have not seen this one, no. Thanks for the recommendation though
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