Wuthering Heights new movie remake

[fasstrack]

Anyone seen this? It just hit the 'art houses'. I thought the cinematography was amazing. Maybe see it for that, to drink the visuals of the English countryside and some good-looking actors/tresses. I found it subdued,even stilted in all other ways. Oh, and the conceit, the 'hook'? Heathcliff is now a black man. 'You gotta have a gimmick if you wanna be a star'-Miss Mazeppa, Gypsy

[A Lark Ascending]

IIRC the 'classic' version (Olivier?) only covers the first half of the book.

I seem to recall some debate among academics as to whether Bronte implies Heathcliffe has an African element in his ancestry.

More important, how do the new actors fare in the famous semaphore scenes, surely the most memorable parts of the novel?

Must read Wuthering Heights again - a good 35 years since I read it. I recall being so gripped I polished it off in a weekend.

Edited October 6, 2012 by A Lark Ascending

[alocispepraluger102]

IIRC the 'classic' version (Olivier?) only covers the first half of the book.

I seem to recall some debate among academics as to whether Bronte implies Heathcliffe has an African element in his ancestry.

More important, how do the new actors fare in the famous semaphore scenes, surely the most memorable parts of the novel?

Must read Wuthering Heights again - a good 35 years since I read it. I recall being so gripped I polished it off in a weekend.

i saw it last 6 months ago and the movie seemed silly.

[fasstrack]

IIRC the 'classic' version (Olivier?) only covers the first half of the book.

I seem to recall some debate among academics as to whether Bronte implies Heathcliffe has an African element in his ancestry.

More important, how do the new actors fare in the famous semaphore scenes, surely the most memorable parts of the novel?

Must read Wuthering Heights again

Have to plead ignorance here, my friend, having just cracked the book for the first time recently and getting sidetracked. Wouldn't know a semaphore from a euphonium anyway (; . The movie I even saw by accident, having missed Radio Unameable-about another Fass of note (; The movie did no harm in giving at least the outline of the plot, kind of like Cliff Notes w/nice scenery. The Brontes are next on my list-foumd Jane Eyre in the same pile. Right now I'm having great fun w/Drinking in America