[Hardy-l] The Woodlanders

[T R Wright]

I watched this again on Monday evening. The seasons were terrific (a
pity about the performances!). It starts really promisingly but gets
slower and slower before deciding to end on a positive, most unHardylike
(apparently re-edited note) as Fitzpiers asks Grace what she feels about
him only to get the reply, 'nothing', as she walks away from him to the
cheers of the modern audience. See Dale Kramer's account (received from
Emily Woof, the actress playing Grace, for how this was re-edited at the
request of the American distributors) in "Thomas Hardy on Screen"
(C.U.P., 2006)p.152.

Yrs, Terry

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>[mailto:hardy-l-bounces at coyote.csusm.edu] On Behalf Of Rosemarie Morgan
>Sent: 19 November 2007 17:19
>To: hardy-l at coyote.csusm.edu
>Subject: [Hardy-l] The Woodlanders
>
>Thanks for this Tony.  This kind of news is always very welcome on the
>Forum-- wish we had more of it.
>
>Apparently the filming of  W took place over four seasons to 
>match the structure of the novel - do let us know if you think 
>this enhances the film narrative. I remember the days when 
>false snow would be blowing around the set when filming took 
>place in summer and how embarrassingly fake it was!  The 
>filming of (Emma Thompson) The Winter Guest on the Fife coast 
>at Pittenweem required false snow but then the real snow 
>snowed, the sea froze, & all was cast asunder!
>  Cheers
>Rosemarie
>
>
>>For those of you in the UK, The Woodlanders is on Film4 tonight at 
>>7.15. I have not seen it and will be watching, how does it compare to 
>>other attempts to transfer the works of Hardy to the big screen?
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>Tony
>
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