Review of the film ”Jane Eyre”
Yesterday, the St. Petersburg cinema Crystal Palace hosted a press screening of the film by a young American director with Japanese roots, Cary Fukunaga Jane Eyre, organized by the distributor of Volga. The screen version of the English novel of the same name by Charlotte Bronte, which has long become a classic, will be released in USA on September 1. In the meantime, LostFilm.INFO shares with its readers their first impressions of watching.Jane Eyre has been filmed so many times that you can easily lose track of it. Movie and TV versions are full of dazzle before your eyes - for any, the most demanding taste. However, the story of Cinderella and the prince, which has long become a classic, about the"first swallow"in the literature that asserts the value and equality of women in the spiritual world and in the world of feelings, attracts the attention of directors for a reason.  The plot of Bronte's novel, at first glance, seems simple and even somewhere trivial, has the magical property of real literature - unlike many later imitative stories about"a poor but proud girl who finds herself in unfavorable circumstances and only thanks to her moral integrity, fortitude, intelligence and character overcomes life's hardships",praises the romance of work, and does not romance success. Therefore, the fate of imitative stories is unenviable - material success and sugary feelings turn the perception of the fate of such“Jane Eyre in quotes”into an alluring“How lucky she is.The heroine of Charlotte Bronte is real Jane Eyre! - remains interesting for readers and filmmakers due to its true nature - freedom-loving, independent, equal to a man in intelligence and strength of character.  In this regard, Carey Fukunaga managed the main thing - not to lose the feeling in the film space of what we have in front of us is a real heroine, evoking a feeling of admiration, which creates an atmosphere of"romance of labor".The choice of an actress for the main role in the adaptation of any classic work is paramount; each director sees"his own Jane",whose dim appearance must be compensated for by a strong inner light. The Australian actress of Polish origin Mia Wasikowska , already familiar to the audience from Tim Burton's fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland", has become a "bird of luck" for Fukunaga. Mia managed to convey the principled character of Jane and her equanimity. In addition, this is the first actress who is closest in age to a literary heroine, which is important.  According to the young actress, the role of Jane becamea “great honor” for her.“What I like about her character is that, despite all the difficulties that life throws at her, her natural sense of self-esteem helps her to do everything right,” Mia admitted in an interview. Her co-stars are famous actors whose names speak for themselves. The role of Edward Rochester was played by an actor with German and Irish roots - 34-year-old Michael Fassbender, known for the films Hunger, 300 Spartans, Inglourious Basterds and X-Men: First Class.  According to Michael, he played in Jane Eyre"Byronic character",satiated with life, but with a kind heart, open to new feelings.“ Edward is indifferent to the judgments of the aristocracy and is ready to cross the boundaries of what is considered not permissible in high society. The low social status of Jane does not bother him, and he is not afraid of condemnation of such a marriage. Jane was his last hope for love in life, really! Edward sees her, while for others she is invisible; she inspires him, bringing him back to those moments of life when he was cleaner and kinder, when he had not yet become cynical and arrogant. He notices her hidden ardor, which Jane is trying to suppress. All this intrigues Edward. As the film progresses, viewers will begin to understand that these two people can heal each other's emotional wounds and be together. ”.  More than an exhaustive comment on the image of Rochester difficult to pick up.Judy Dench's selection of Mrs. Fairfax , the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall, was also a big hit for the film. Carey Fukunaga personally asked the actress to take part in his film. According to the director, when Judi Dench responded to his letter with consent,the filming process became even more exciting and interesting.The actress herself claims that she read Bronte's work in school and always believed that this story - wonderful. According to the 24-year-old British actor Jamie Bell, who played the role of St. John, his character“deliberately suppresses all manifestations of feelings, because he considers it a weakness. He makes decisions based entirely on reason, but not on emotions, he is the complete opposite of Edward Rochester . ”  Being an Englishman, Bell is not very fond of costume dramas (due to the congestion of the British classical works) and, according to him, was not familiar (and did not even hear) with the original source of Bronte before the filming of the film. It happens too!And finally, a special thanks to the scriptwriter Moira Buffini, the cameraman Adriano Goldman and the composer Dario Marianelli for the adequacy of the perception of the classics and a sensitive attitude to the bygone era with its heroes. The slowness of the narration, without abrupt transitions and clippings, is accompanied by a melody that tunes the viewer in the right way - and plunges us into the atmosphere of Victorian cold England, filled with lonely suffering people who, in spite of everything, hope to look beyond the horizon someday. The Topic of Article: Review of the film ”Jane Eyre”. |
