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The girl, who is known to be modest in appearance, did not stand out in any way and did not pretend to be noticed, turned out to be irresistible.
The girl, who is known to be modest in appearance, did not stand out in any way and did not pretend to be noticed, turned out to be irresistible. She is still twenty, as in 1847, when she appeared in the pages of the novel of the same name, written by the quiet daughter of a priest, Charlotte Brontë. She is still strong in spirit and loves everything the same – finally, to the grave. She has gone through many reincarnations, this Jane Eyre, the governess of little Adele, the adopted daughter of Mr. Edward Rochester, the owner of the large Thornfield estate in Derbyshire … “Jane Eyre” was loved everywhere and always from birth. A novel about female strength and male holy lies, this monument to Victorian sensibility, was transferred to the screen countless times – already in the 10s of the twentieth century, Jane Eyre appeared on the screen 6 times (!!!), and later a year sometimes two screen adaptations…
Now we have a chance to see the newest “Jane” – with young Mia Wasikowska in the title role, made by exotic personality – 34-year-old Cary Fukunaga, half-Japanese-half-Swedish, student Oscar winner, former cameraman and documentary filmmaker. And he seems to be aware that his “Jane Eyre” involuntarily enters a rivalry with others … Among which were great films.
Jane Eyre
CAST: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins.
Another love
A special place in the history of Jane Eyre is occupied by The Great Sargasso Sea, a novel by Jean Rees and a film based on it, made in 1993 by John Duigan. The novel and the film contemplate what could have happened to Edward Rochester before meeting Jane, what happened to him once in Jamaica – what kind of love, what kind of madness … This love story of a strict Englishman for a crazy charming resident of the tropics casts a bright light on the world of Bronte , a world dominated by the cold of unshakable rules of conduct and canons of honor.
1944 “Jane Eyre” by Robert Stevens
This “Jane” seems to have remained unsurpassed: the script was written by Aldous Huxley, who saw the world, as you know, dystopian, and few can compete with actors Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Rochester, performed by the latter, seems to be marked by the “Seal of Evil” (a masterpiece by Wells the director). This is perhaps the only Rochester in history that shows a genuine fatal danger to a woman – a trait that so intrigued the author of the novel, a reasonably sensitive old maid of the Victorian era.
1983 “Jane Eyre” by Julian Amies
The BBC mini-series was the first screen version of the novel for our audience, then isolated Soviet. Jane, played by the ballerina Zila Clark, so gentle and so ugly, was the first for us. And therefore unforgettable. It was impossible to forget that Rochester – Timothy Dalton, the very strength and impetuosity. Dalton soon became “Bond, James Bond”. But Clarke’s career with the role of Jane ended – on the highest note, at the peak of fame … The plot is poignant, worthy of the Bronte sisters.
1996 “Jane Eyre” by Franco Zeffirelli
Zeffirelli filmed Bronte in his favorite operatic style: the feelings of the characters are open, hysteria hangs around somewhere nearby. And apparently, that’s why Charlotte Gainsbourg played Jane, and William Hurt played Mr. Rochester. The psychopathic feature of Gainsbourg’s gift will not bloom soon – in von Trier’s Antichrist, but Zeffirelli clearly foresaw it. And Hurt – why, he even played a transvestite in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and how he played!
1997 “Jane Eyre” by Robert Young
The beauty here is that Jane Eyre is filmed as a gothic novel. A terrible secret hovers over the characters from the very beginning, as if on the screen is the work of Poe, and not Bronte. The general style is also benefited by the properties of both performers – the recklessness of Samantha Morton and the Irish obsession of Karen Hines. The passion of their natures is visibly suppressed here. This depression gives the story a gothic doom.
Victoria Belopolskaya