Malia wrote:I can understand why they didn't film in Wentworth Place--it was undergoing restoration at the time and it *is* awfully small--it might be a headache to fit all the camera equipment and crew, etc. in there. I don't mind if they film someplace else. My only concern about that particular aspect of the film is that they call it "Wentworth House"--I don't understand why the name should be changed from "Place" . . . maybe it has something to do with the use of "house" as a designation for larger dwellings in the 19th C.? But I'm not really too bothered about it.
Granted--I shouldn't be a stickler about locale and I will endeavor to emulate your diplomatic approach to the film, Malia...that is, until I read the following review again! I knew it...deep down I should've been more prepared...she is going to make Fanny the omnipresence and, in doing so, all of the striking aspects of Keats, the poet and the man, will be played at very low volume in relation to his romance with her--there is only one reason why a filmmaker would do this in this instance--1. to determine that the romance itself was his Muse, or 2. to assert that Fanny herself was his Muse and that either was the real driving force behind his rapid poetic endowment and subsequent, cemented place among the English poets--and neither reason appeals to me because that just wasn't the case. Here is the review--and, although it praises the film itself, it was a disappointing bit of information for me...I'll get over it, but it just grates on my obsessive nerves is all...I'd like to hear what you guys have to say about it...
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout ... 1&nid=2853