THE FINE ART OF FILMING AUSTEN
As the celebrations continue for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, this talk looks back at the numerous film versions of her work.
As the millennium drew to a close, Cool Britannia gathered momentum on the wave of Britpop and the Young British Artists. Into this celebration of youth suddenly burst a plethora of screen adaptations of a Regency novelist not seen in the cinema for over fifty years. 250 years after her birth, this talk, by Cinema Education Officer Patrick Hargood, will look back at the Austen phenomenon and its aftermath, focusing on the big screen adaptations of her work. Films under discussion (including plenty of clips) will include Ang Lee and Emma Thompson’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’, along with Gwyneth Paltrow as ‘Emma’, and her modern iteration, Alicia Silverstone’s Cher, in ‘Clueless’. Thirty years on the Austen juggernaut continues its relentless path, but what does this say about British culture and identity and to what extent do the adaptations offer an authentic version of Austen’s art?
100m inc Q&A
