Part of the BAMcinématek series Terence Davies
Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 3, 6, 9pm
Directed by Terence Davies
With Gillian Anderson, Dan Akroyd, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz
(2000) 140min, 35mm
“It's a remarkable, if sometimes harrowing adaptation: beautifully intelligent, intelligently beautiful.” —Sight and Sound
Davies’ adaptation of Edith Wharton’s devastating 1905 novel of New York society brilliantly conveys the social repression and passions that simmer underneath. Raised with great expectations and groomed for a lucrative marriage, the exquisite, clever Lily Bart (Anderson) rejects her one chance at real happiness while the society that created her, armed with witty remarks and gossipy whispers, tears her apart. “It is Davies's unswerving allegiance to the visual that raises The House of Mirth from tasteful literary adaptation to a full-bodied movie to set beside The Magnificent Ambersons and The Life of Oharu.” (J. Hoberman).
