A round robin of suspicion and seduction ensues in the beguiled out june 23, the film that won sofia coppola bestdirector honors last. For the girls and the women of sofia coppolas elegantly spare, psychosexual civil war drama the beguiled, this daily broadcast from the front linesmuffled by the foliage, accompanying the occasional fingers of smoke reaching skyward above the tree lineis too. For standard uk delivery 35 working days for deliveries within the uk once goods are despatched. Jun 23, 2017 the world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling. Why sofia coppolas the beguiled cut out its most controversial character. How the beguiled castrated its male lead in sofia coppolas. Though an only decent adaptation, the beguiled is deftly directed by sofia coppola, giving room for the cast to shine in their performances. The film unfolds in a girls school in the state of virginia in 1864. While the overall plot is quite bleak, the acting and cinematography make for a beautiful film.
Yet coppola finally contrives a female and arguably feminist perspective on this story that don siegel. The original 1971 rendition of the beguiled is a subtle, snaking psychosexual thriller, in which we watch clint eastwood in the same year and paired with the same director as dirty harry visually peruse and victimize a school full of schoolaged girls and their female teachers. May 26, 2017 heres how much fun sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, and elle fanning had making the beguiled they made a faux girls gone wild video, set in the 1860sand goaded colin farrell into posing for a. Jun 23, 2017 a round robin of suspicion and seduction ensues in the beguiled out june 23, the film that won sofia coppola bestdirector honors last month at cannes. The beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola, winner of the best director award at the 2017 cannes international film festival. Sofia coppolas the beguiled tears apart the original but.
With sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, colin farrell. Bam membership go to the movies just once a month and a bam membership pays for itself. Broeierige kostuumthriller van regisseur en scenarioschrijver sofia coppola lost in translation, marie antoinette. The beguiled proved to be no different in showing his acting capabilities, from meek harmed soldier, to crazed amputee. Sofia coppola on the beguiled director and writer sofia coppola received critical acclaim in 1999 for her debut film, the virgin suicides, and later won an academy award for lost in translation. Heres how much fun sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, and elle. John mcburney, but there is also a notable change in the ensemble. Here is the recentlyreleased trailer for sofia copploas latest, featuring kirsten dunst, elle fanning and the glorious return of nicole kidmans whispery southern accent. Jul 11, 2017 elle fanning cant stop smiling as she describes her racy character in gothic thriller the beguiled, set in a girls boarding school during the american civil war.
The movie is a sprawling invitation to the male gaze, in which one woman after another falls into. Oct 10, 2017 with sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, colin farrell. The beguiled, based on the book a painted devil by author thomas p. Sofia coppolas dreamy, womans eye adaptation of a us civil war story brings the battleground indoors.
Sofia coppolas the beguileda remake sort of of the 1971 don siegelclint eastwood filmis full of such tableaux. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title beguiled. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale. Sofia coppolas the beguiled cuts out most controversial character. The beguiled, a 1966 novel about the american civil war by thomas p. May 03, 2017 the beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola, winner of the best director award at the 2017 cannes international film festival.
In the beguiled, coppola flips the script on the original 1971 don siegel. The original, starring clint eastwood, focuses more on the character of the corporal, while this film centers on the women of the seminary. The beguiled coming to digital, bluraydvd and on demand. Sofia coppolas film the beguiled is not as much a remake as it is a re imaging. The beguiled movie simple english wikipedia, the free.
Heres how much fun sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, and elle fanning had making the beguiled they made a faux girls gone wild video, set in the 1860sand goaded colin farrell into posing for a. The story is told from the perspective of the female students, teacher, and the sole slave. Cullinan, was previously made into a movie by director don siegel with star clint eastwood back in 1971. The beguiled, based on a 1966 novel by thomas cullinan previously filmed in 1971, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page, won the best director award at the cannes film festival in may. Translation for beguiled in the free englishgerman dictionary and many other german translations. We share the womens visual perspective, as the their grand old house creaks and shifts around them, an innovative bit of sound editing that allows us to guess, along with the character, who is moving where in the school, how far away, and who it might be. Elle fanning cant stop smiling as she describes her racy character in gothic thriller the beguiled, set in a girls boarding school during the american civil war. Far from being monsters in a horror tale peavy 20 the women simply reverse the gothic pattern of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the beguiled movie tiein. During the us civil war, a wounded union soldier cons the inhabitants of a confederate girls boarding school into turning on each other. Martha farnsworths seminary for young ladies, a boarding school in rural mississippi, is a. For the girls and the women of sofia coppolas elegantly spare, psychosexual civil war drama the beguiled, this daily broadcast from the front linesmuffled by the foliage, accompanying the occasional fingers of smoke reaching skyward above the tree. Behold the lush, gothic, and creepy trailer for sofia. He seeks refuge at an allfemale southern boarding school where.
The world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling. A shift in perspective filmmakers and cast discuss how this version of the beguiled is a departure from the novel of the same name and its earlier film adaptation. Aug 03, 2017 a return to thomas cullinans novel of the same name, sofia coppolas the beguiled offers a more female centric take on don siegels clint eastwood starring adaptation. Beneath the incessant chirp of crickets, explosions rumble like distant thunder. Apr 19, 2017 the beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola. Director sofia coppola on new film, the beguiled, and. John mcburney is an injured union soldier who finds himself.
Sofia coppolas the beguiled tears apart the original. A shift in perspective video 2017 connections on imdb. Cullinan, was previously made into a movie by director don siegel with star clint eastwood back in 1971 and the big. Jun 27, 2017 the beguiled, based on a 1966 novel by thomas cullinan previously filmed in 1971, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page, won the best director award at the cannes film festival in may. Jun 22, 2017 the beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale. With colin farrell, nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning. The beguiled among clint eastwoods earlier films is a kind of outlier, a civil war suspense drama that had clint, as a union soldier, at the mercy of several genteel ladies of the south. The meaning is not explicit in the images, although you could read plenty into it if you wanted to the women are glimpsed between the iron bars of the gate, isolated from the world of men, etc. Cullinan set in 1864 in virginia and concerning a group of women and the wounded soldier they find. Sofia coppola twists an old clint eastwood vehicle, the. In haar remake van don siegels the beguiled kiest sofia coppola voor het vrouwelijke perspectief. The beguiled is a 1971 american southern gothic film directed by don siegel, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page. The beguiled 2017, written and directed by sofia coppola, is a remake no one asked for, visually beautiful but emotionally monochrome.
John mcburney colin farrell is a corporal in the 66th new york and wounded in the leg while fighting somewhere in virginia in the summer of 1864. The film marks the third of five collaborations between siegel and eastwood, following coogans bluff 1968 and two. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. The story unfolds during the civil war, at a southern girls boarding school. The script was written by albert maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by thomas p.
Sofia coppolas the beguiled differs from the original. Buy the beguiled dvd, bluray online at best prices in. The beguiled of 1971 was not a hit but its southern gothic elements have been. If it does happen on the off chance to take any longer than this time period to reach you, royal mail policy requests we wait 10 working. As with coppolas debut, the virgin suicides 1999, character is swallowed up in mood. The beguiled official trailer universal pictures canada. John mcburney is an injured union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the civil war. The film takes place in virginia during the civil war. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and. In this film, clint eastwood plays a wounded union soldier during the civil war who takes refuge in a prim southern girls school overseen by geraldine page.
In the beguiled, a girls school turns out to be an. The beguiled runs for ninetyfour minutes, and even those feel like a stretch. As one of the most influential woman filmmakers working today, only sofia coppola could sneak in a castration scene. The role of mcburney had to be played by someone capable of range and someone who had the ability to seduce with their eyes. Jul 22, 2017 the beguiled is a 1966 novel by thomas p. However, if we examine the beguiled from a feminist perspective, we find that the socalled misogynist elements of the story are a result of the films violation of the expectations generated by the conventions of sexual politics. Is coppolas soldaat een onschuldige charmeur of slang in het. Jan 04, 2018 the top three highestgrossing movies of 2017 all had female leads.
Jun 28, 2017 as one of the most influential woman filmmakers working today, only sofia coppola could sneak in a castration scene. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Though produced the same year that eastwood and director don siegel made dirty harry, the beguiled forgoes bulletspray action in favor of creeping, slowburn menace. It was selected to compete for the palme dor at 2017 cannes film festival. The beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola. Elle fanning on her scandalous character in the beguiled. From wonder woman to lady bird, it was a great year for women in hollywood. Due to the unfolding situation with coronavirus covid19 we want to keep you up to date with any changes we may need to take to protect our staff and their families in line with government directives and any impact this may have to the service we provide to you, our valued customers. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.