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LitNetIsGreat
08-16-2009, 07:41 PM
Here's a preview of the new Dorian Gray film out in the UK on the 9th of Sept. Naturally I am going to hate it, but here is the trailer regardless:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY93VUQSMo4&feature=PlayList&p=10A6944D2CE5654B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43

http://geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2009/08/2009-08-16-doriangray-150x150.jpg
Homers_child
08-16-2009, 10:07 PM
I just bought the book to read and then heard there was a movie coming out. Obviously I want to read the book first to get the true experience.

Is it only being released in the UK?
Zee.
08-17-2009, 12:17 AM
I think it looks amazing
Mathor
08-17-2009, 01:43 AM
this looks soooooo good.
LitNetIsGreat
08-17-2009, 05:58 AM
I just bought the book to read and then heard there was a movie coming out. Obviously I want to read the book first to get the true experience.

Is it only being released in the UK?

No, no, it's on general release but they don't have the dates yet. Enjoy the book, read it alongside a cool drink with strawberries in it. :thumbs_up


this looks soooooo good.

Well, we'll see. I think you have to try and divorce the book and the film, they are to different aspects of art and demand different things after all. I'll try and do that.

One of my pet hates with films though (in general terms) is that they can be too fast, the dialogue, the camera angles and the overall feel of the film can be too fast. I know that they do this in order to convey a sense of action and pace in order to maintain interest, but you tell me if the opening section of this film should be anything but lazy, light, decadent, soft, beautiful, mysterious, artistic, etc, etc, I don't want bam, bam, bam. We'll see, I'll certainly go and watch it along with this:

http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.production&ProductionID=799
Dirtbag
08-17-2009, 06:13 AM
Cool, I liked that book.
kasie
08-17-2009, 08:19 AM
Some of the scenes were filmed at Basildon Park, a National Trust property in Berkshire. Some of the scenes in the (film) version of Pride and Prejudice were filmed there too. One of my friends is a volunteer steward there and she said the stewards were asked if they could do extra duty days while the film crews were working - they were assured, however, that Colin Firth would not require his hand to be held throughout the period of his stay.... so she didn't bother to volunteer.
wessexgirl
08-17-2009, 08:59 AM
Some of the scenes were filmed at Basildon Park, a National Trust property in Berkshire. Some of the scenes in the (film) version of Pride and Prejudice were filmed there too. One of my friends is a volunteer steward there and she said the stewards were asked if they could do extra duty days while the film crews were working - they were assured, however, that Colin Firth would not require his hand to be held throughout the period of his stay.... so she didn't bother to volunteer.

Ooh, she could have stalked him though....or perhaps pushed him in the pond, I'm sure they must have one..... just to get that wet shirt effect you understand. I'm not really advocating stalking or common assault, :lol:
IJustMadeThatUp
08-17-2009, 09:26 AM
It looks good, but very... Hollywood?

I'll have to watch it before I make any decisions. I may be prejudiced, because I loved the book.
Helga
08-17-2009, 12:32 PM
this is promising.... but I just love the old black and white version...
kasie
08-20-2009, 04:17 PM
Ooh, she could have stalked him though....or perhaps pushed him in the pond, I'm sure they must have one..... just to get that wet shirt effect you understand. I'm not really advocating stalking or common assault, :lol:

I think she is still getting over being in close(ish) contact with Matthew McFadden. :p
Veho
09-05-2009, 04:59 PM
Hmm, I'm not sure whether to go and watch this or not. It has a lot to live up to and I don't want any future readings be tainted.
LitNetIsGreat
09-12-2009, 05:07 PM
I have been to see this film this evening (forced by subject matter) and it was about what I expected, perhaps a little weaker.

There was a lot of dumbing down throughout, no surprise, but it had moments (true they were mostly stolen from elsewhere in Wilde's vocabulary, but still). Dumbing down examples include introducing the early motor car and inventing a daughter of Lord Henry's, due partially to show the passing of time - be-cause Dor-ian has not got ol-der and now there are cars in-stead of horse and carts, etc, but there are many other examples throughout. :( (One nice touch of dumbing down comes for the new reason to Sybil's death, which incidentally also has the affect of altering how we read Dorian as a character, but never mind.)

Colin Firth couldn't quite pull it off as Lord Henry, although he had a few little touches, but he was clearly the stand out performer. The rest of the cast were OK, but that is not really the point.

I hold out a little more promise for the theatrical production of Dorian Gray coming up shortly, (£31.50 a ticket!) but not much more if I am truly honest. The moral of the story is to stick to the book and rarely to bother with the film version, unless it is a decent BBC period production, and then it will probably be OK...:santasmil
Niamh
09-12-2009, 05:42 PM
Saw the film. thought Colin Firth was amazing!!! didnt like the film... but then i'm not a fan of Wilde so no surprise there...
LitNetIsGreat
09-12-2009, 06:40 PM
Not a fan of Wilde? :mad:
PoeticPassions
09-12-2009, 06:43 PM
Dorian is one of my favorite novels (novellas), so I am afraid I will probably find the movie... less than enthralling. Though, I agree, that film and literature are quite different art forms, both with their merits, so the two should not be compared in such a way.

Having said that, I will still definitely go see the movie.

oh wait, is it even coming out in the US?
Niamh
09-12-2009, 07:11 PM
Not a fan of Wilde? :mad:

and? Oscar Wilde is not the most fantastic writer on the planet and not everyones cup of tea. Same with Joyce.
LitNetIsGreat
09-26-2009, 04:10 PM
I hold out a little more promise for the theatrical production of Dorian Gray coming up shortly, (£31.50 a ticket!) but not much more if I am truly honest.

Yes, I should follow my own instincts. I went to see Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray last night and I wasn't particularly taken with it. Though in all fairness I am not particularly used to dance as a medium, I'm sure it was good in its own right.

An interview and short bio of MB:
http://www.veoh.com/collection/s613020/watch/v15799060TQqGw4jp