Luke, another great exposition of a lovely film and one of my faves ( of course, my 20 year old daughter finds it abhorrent "for surely it's about grooming".
Ashamed today I haven't read it - but almost seems superfluous in light of the film's achievement?
It might be a nice exercise to contrast it with "Georgy Girl" as a bookend both chronologically and thematically.
Really enjoyed your appreciation of An Education. I agree it’s a jewel of a film, though I think the wonderful understated cinematography deserves a mention ( I know, I’m biased)
The Walthamstow racetrack was my idea and I think it works so well with that slightly sleazy nightclub - all sadly now gone. ( I was only the wife of the D oP but I got the odd idea in. ) I m a paid up member of yr sub stack and really enjoy it, yr research is amazing. A very early thing you wrote about David Litvinov was spot on.
That's incredibly kind. Thank you. I'm so glad you included the Walthamstow dog track! It's EXACTLY the sort of place raffish young men about town would have gone to with their girlfriends. Fabulous Art Deco/Neon frontage too. Re David Litvinov- that must have been re Christopher Gibbs/Performance? Or Blow-Up?
I really enjoyed this film, which was more subtle and nuanced than I was expecting, and parts of it resonated on a personal level. Carey Mulligan is divine in it.
I hadn't realised it was Lynn Barber's story,so thankyou.Peter Saarsgaard really is an excellent actor and especially so in this.(I first saw him in a true story about a trans murder,I think it was called Boys don't cry.)sterling performances all round.
I enjoyed this film much more than I thought I would when first sitting down to watch it at the flicks back in 2009...was it really all those years ago?
Carey Mulligan's best film that I've seen, Rosamund Pike proves here that she was absolutely wasted in whichever Bond film it was that she was wasted in (but nowhere near as criminally underused as Gemma Arterton in, I think, the same Bond?), and yes, Luke, absolutely spot on, Peter Sarsgard and his near perfect, but not quite, English accent.
And it is a terrific looking film, too, which is probably one of the hardest things to get right when a specific time is insisted upon by the story.
Luke, another great exposition of a lovely film and one of my faves ( of course, my 20 year old daughter finds it abhorrent "for surely it's about grooming".
Ashamed today I haven't read it - but almost seems superfluous in light of the film's achievement?
It might be a nice exercise to contrast it with "Georgy Girl" as a bookend both chronologically and thematically.
Yes. Well, the Past is a Foreign Country and all that... Georgy Girl is a definite must. I love the Charlotte Rampling character in that.
Thank you, I'd forgotten about this one!
It appears to be on YouTube so can be accessed free for now. I'll give it another whirl.
It's 1961 reborn...
Thanks for the memory
Really enjoyed your appreciation of An Education. I agree it’s a jewel of a film, though I think the wonderful understated cinematography deserves a mention ( I know, I’m biased)
The Walthamstow racetrack was my idea and I think it works so well with that slightly sleazy nightclub - all sadly now gone. ( I was only the wife of the D oP but I got the odd idea in. ) I m a paid up member of yr sub stack and really enjoy it, yr research is amazing. A very early thing you wrote about David Litvinov was spot on.
That's incredibly kind. Thank you. I'm so glad you included the Walthamstow dog track! It's EXACTLY the sort of place raffish young men about town would have gone to with their girlfriends. Fabulous Art Deco/Neon frontage too. Re David Litvinov- that must have been re Christopher Gibbs/Performance? Or Blow-Up?
I really enjoyed this film, which was more subtle and nuanced than I was expecting, and parts of it resonated on a personal level. Carey Mulligan is divine in it.
I hadn't realised it was Lynn Barber's story,so thankyou.Peter Saarsgaard really is an excellent actor and especially so in this.(I first saw him in a true story about a trans murder,I think it was called Boys don't cry.)sterling performances all round.
Like you I very much enjoyed the film and fell in love with Carey Mulligan - an affection rewarded by her career.
I enjoyed this film much more than I thought I would when first sitting down to watch it at the flicks back in 2009...was it really all those years ago?
Carey Mulligan's best film that I've seen, Rosamund Pike proves here that she was absolutely wasted in whichever Bond film it was that she was wasted in (but nowhere near as criminally underused as Gemma Arterton in, I think, the same Bond?), and yes, Luke, absolutely spot on, Peter Sarsgard and his near perfect, but not quite, English accent.
And it is a terrific looking film, too, which is probably one of the hardest things to get right when a specific time is insisted upon by the story.
A bit like your observations, Luke...ha-ha!