Literature Network » William Makepeace Thackeray

FILM REVIEW: 'Vanity Fair' promising start to season

Content courtesy of

From: University Wire
Date: 20040915
Author:Gabriela Jirasek

Gabriela Jirasek
University Wire
09-15-2004
(Tufts Daily) (U-WIRE) MEDFORD, Mass. -- Mira Nair's latest cinematic endeavor, "Vanity Fair," is a sumptuous feast of colors, textures, and cleverness. Filling the screen with fantastic costumes and excellent performances, "Vanity Fair" provides a strong start to this fall's hotly anticipated film season.

Considered by some to be an unusual choice to helm "Vanity Fair," Nair brings the same vibrancy and epic scope to William Makepeace Thackeray's 1828 literary masterpiece as she did to "Monsoon Wedding" (2001) and "Kama Sutra" (1996). To some ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.



Other Articles on William Makepeace Thackeray

  • THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)
  • Thackeray's memorials of defeat. (author William Makepeace Thackeray)
  • Thackeray the sentimental sceptic. (writer William Makepeace Thackeray)
  • Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair.' (William Makepeace Thackeray)
  • Colonial discourse and William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Irish Sketch Book.'
  • Sadness balancing wit: Thackeray's life & works.
  • `Henry Esmond' splendid proof of Thackeray's genius.(Books)(The Lost Word)
  • Works of Wiliam M. Thackeray: Born In India
  • You Go, Girl; Reese Witherspoon stars in a lavish 'Vanity Fair'.(movie adaptation of novel by William Makepeace Thackeray)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
  • Travel Etc: Grand tours: Hurry up, invent the Eurostar The world's great writers on their adventures in literature. This week, William Makepeace Thackeray goes from Boulogne to Paris
  • Find More Articles

    • About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.



    - 1P1-99047073
    Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily
    In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time.
    Email:
    		Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter
    Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.
    Email: