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• Friday, August 3, 2007 07:46 AM

  Sounds like what I expected

  I really love Jane Austen. I completely feel in love with the BBC/A&E version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Clueless’ is my absolute favorite version of Emma. I’ve got to imagine I’m the target for this bio-pic on Jane Austen (don’t you think Fitzwilliam is a nice name for a baby boy?).

  But this movie leaves me cold. I’d rather re-read her work or watch see what else is out there in the fictional mini-series category then imagine what Austen must have been like based on her family history and a few letters – if you tried to define me (or anyone I know) based on so little you’d come up with whatever it is you wanted to see. It’s all very flimsy. I think had it veered out a little further into the land of speculation and fiction (a la ‘Shakespeare in Love’) rather then pretending to be a telling of actual events (as the ads for the film stress it is) I’d have been more interested.

  I just went over to the BBC website to see what else was going on and they did a ‘Jane Eyre’ mini-series last year that looks like fun (obviously not Austen – but just as delicious). I think I’d rater rent that. Really there are so many fabulous stories that I love every bit as much as ‘Pride and Prejudice’ I’m surprised Hollywood is so slow to catch on.

  —Anne in NYC Read Anne in NYC's other letters
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