The Age of Innocence (Scorsese, 1993): Prince Charles Cinema, 5.20pm
This is a 35mm screening.Time Out film review:
Martin Scorsese's magnificent film, taken from Edith Wharton's novel, is set in
1870s New York and centres on lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose
plans to wed the impeccably connected Mary Welland (Wynona Rider) are upset by
his love for her unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer).
The performances are excellent, while the director employs all the
tools of his trade to bring his characters and situations vividly to
life; from the start, it's clear from the speedy cutting and sumptuous
mise-en-scène that Scorsese and his team are intent on drawing us into
the heart of Archer's perceptions and the world around him (this is,
most certainly, an expressionist film). Decor reflects and oppresses
characters; posture, gesture and glance (like the witty, ironic
narration) convey not only individual psychology but the ideals of an
entire, etiquette-obsessed elite. Everything here serves to express an
erotic fervour, imprisoned by unbending social rituals designed to
preserve the status quo in favour of a self-appointed aristocracy.
Scorsese's most poignantly moving film.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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