Lady Chatterley [2006 film]

Pascale Ferran’s LADY CHATTERLEY is an exquisitely wrought film. The themes of the Lawrence novel frame the film, but Ferran seems to have put together her own very contemporary treatment despite the literary and time period setting. The photography is breathtaking and is integral to my characterization of the film as “exquisitely wrought.” The first part of the film moves very, very slowly with almost no dialogue as the luxurious expanses of the country estate are defined along with the formal and aristocratic settings of the Wragby estate. The obsession, both photographically and from a time duration standpoint, with the landscape serves a significant two-fold purpose---establishing Nature as a primary element in this world and show more reinforcing the beauty/sensuality of that Nature. That becomes a critical underpinning to the orchestration of the unfolding of the very sensual and sexual relationship of Constance and the Gamekeeper Parkin. If there was a weakness in the film, it would be the concluding section of the film which seemed more simply a patchwork of ideas and actions and not the carefully orchestrated ever increasingly complex visual and thematic development of the first half to two-thirds. However, the ending left everything up in the air as concerns the future of their relationship which I thought was a masterful stroke and in many respects in keeping with the literary version. show less

Den unge Lady Chatterly er gift med en krigsinvalid, og forholdet mellom dem er preget av høflighet og avstand. Hun vansmektes av lengsel og smerte etter kjærlighet, da hun på sine turer på eiendommen møter skogvokteren.

Sakte, men sikkert nærmer Lady Chatterly og skogvokteren seg hverandre. Og så skjer det uunngåelige og de innleder et nydelig, lidenskapelig forhold. Lady Chatterly våkner opp som kvinne, og endelig har livet hennes fått en mening.

Da boken som denne filmen er basert på, utkom, var den svært kontroversiell. At man i det hele tatt skulle kunne tenke seg et kjærlighetsforhold på tvers av sosiale klasser, var uhørt og skandaløst.

Like fullt er dette noe av det vakreste som noen sinne er skrevet om show more kjærligheten og lidenskapen mellom mann og kvinne. Filmen lever på alle måter opp til forventningene, og er utrolig nydelig!

Boka er basert på D. H. Lawrence´ bok med samme navn:
http://no.librarything.com/work/details/36259207 show less

Pascale Ferran mag zich gerust tot de gilde der cineasten rekenen die het artisieke momentum weten te culmineren tot een onophoudelijke flou van artistieke en sensuele vibratie gedurende de kijktijd van de prent. De passionele, erotisch-sexuele en victoriaans-puriteinse, ten wezen socialistische en klasse-kritische grondthemata van D.H. Lawrence's boek culmineren in deze bijna drie uur durende film naar het punt als de roodomrande, vol-agape en brandende ogen van Constance oplichten naar het gezicht van de stuurse jachtopziener Parkin die ontroerend eerlijk zijn ziel uitgiet in een gesprek van een paar luttele minuten.........
De extra DVD, U weet wel, een traditionele verklaring en "making of....." is verdienstelijk omdat het de show more groepsdynamiek voor het maken van dit meesterwerk zo timide en ondubbelzinnig weergeeft.

Film: frans gesproken - nederlandse ondertiteling.
Bonus DVD: 150' - engels ondertiteld. interview met regisseur en acteurs (32') - Scènes met commentaar van crew en cast (64') - Making of notre amie Constance (52'). show less