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Never-Ending: Forster on Film
From: The Washington Post
Date: 19920424
Author:Desson Howe
Listen, this E.M. Forster thing - just like this Stephen King thing - is getting awfully beastly. I mean, a never-ending string of adaptations from both authors' books. The movies either turn out terrible (the King films) or, at best, respectfully dull (the Forster lot).
From the Forster trove comes "Howard's End," an adaptation of the British author's 1910 novel. It's brought to you by Ismael Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the tome-to-screen team that has made a 30-year living from their library shelves. The movie mustn't be confused with Charles Sturridge's "Where Angels ...
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