{"id":166118,"date":"2016-06-01T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=166118"},"modified":"2024-08-20T22:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T22:13:19","slug":"sensors-sensibility-achieving-the-luminous-glow-of-whit-stillmans-love-friendship-dv-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/sensors-sensibility-achieving-the-luminous-glow-of-whit-stillmans-love-friendship-dv-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensors & Sensibility: Achieving the Luminous Glow of Whit Stillman\u2019s \u2018Love & Friendship\u2019 | DV Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Adapting Jane Austen\u2019s early novella \u201cLady Susan,\u201d Whit Stillman directs \u2018Love & Friendship\u2019 for Amazon Studios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

DV Magazine<\/em> \u2014 June 2016
Sensors & Sensibility: Achieving the Luminous Glow of Whit Stillman\u2019s \u2018Love & Friendship\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love & Friendship<\/em> is director Whit Stillman\u2019s (Metropolitan<\/em>) adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s early novella \u201cLady Susan,\u201d which was written in the mid-1790s but remained unpublished until 1871, well after the novelist\u2019s death. From Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios, the film had its premiere at Sundance in January and opens in limited release on May 13.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Set in England in the 1790s \u2014 earlier than most Austen tales \u2014 Love & Friendship<\/em> follows Lady Susan Vernon (played by Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful young widow who has come to her in-laws\u2019 estate to wait out rumors about her liaisons that have been circulating through polite society. What follows is a hilarious period piece as Lady Susan, aided by American expatriate Alicia Johnson (Chlo\u00eb Sevigny), flirts and schemes her way through the social ranks, pausing only to snap up a wealthy but delightfully stupid husband (Tom Bennett) \u2014 described as \u201ca bit of a rattle\u201d \u2014 whom she\u2019d originally intended for her daughter (Morfydd Clark). All\u2019s well that ends well for Lady Susan, who sheds her encumbrances, bests her adversaries, and lands a fortune in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shot in Ireland by Belgium-based cinematographer Richard van Oosterhout (Rosie<\/em>, Little Black Spiders<\/em>) using a single ARRI Alexa XT, Love & Friendship<\/em> opens with a musical nod to Stanley Kubrick\u2019s Barry Lyndon<\/em> (the score, by composer Benjamin Esdraffo, was recorded under the direction of Stillman\u2019s longtime collaborator, musical director Mark Suozzo). (Read full story…<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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