The beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola. The school is cut off from combat as well as society at large, and coppola emphasizes the. The beguiled is a respectable but pallid redo of a hothouse civil war melodrama made with much more flair and power by don siegel, and starring clint eastwood, 46. Jun 30, 2017 the beguiled is coppolas bloodiest, most visceral movie to date, and it is also one of her best. At times, you just want the film to freeze so you can revel in its elegantly designed and lit scenes that render pictures so stunningly beautiful they wouldnt be out of place hanging on a museum wall. Jun 23, 2017 sofia coppolas graceful, festering film the beguiled, a remake of sorts of the 1971 clint eastwood vehicle of the same name, doesnt make anything particularly easy on its audience. The meaning is not explicit in the images, although you could read plenty into it if you wanted to the women are glimpsed between the iron bars of the gate, isolated from the world of men, etc. He seeks refuge at an allfemale southern boarding school where the teachers and. Sofia coppola won best director at the cannes film festival for this second adaptation of the thomas p. Jun 22, 2017 the beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale.
Sofia coppola, nicole kidman deliver a southern gothic hoot the film, which also stars kirsten dunst, colin farrell and elle fanning, is a satisfying reinvention that. Film garners coppola a best director award at cannes. Jul 06, 2017 sofia coppola approaches the beguiled like an scientist preparing an experiment. The dynamic between yankee soldier and southern ladies is wary at first, but soon enough a sexual tension fills the houses dim rooms as the film coils. The beguiled is a 2017 drama directed by sofia coppola. About the film the beguiled movie synopsis focus features. For hit me with your best shot this week, nathaniel has selected the beguiled, the 1971 don siegel film starring clint eastwood with a newlyannounced sofia coppola remake on the way. The beguiled was released in the usa in march, 1971, and dirty harry was released 7 months later in december. Jul 05, 2017 the beguiled takes place at a girls boarding school in the virginia countryside during the civil war. No suppressed sexuality in the younger cast members which the earlier film was notable for 4. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more.
By farran smith nehme in the julyaugust 2017 issue. The late late show with james corden recommended for. Gender spectrum, crime, sick kids, les sentiments, used books, cartoon styles, a funny. Cullinans 1966 novel, the beguiled is a macabre southern gothic set during the last year of the civil war at a ladies seminary in virginia. The most intriguing thing about sofia coppolas latest film the beguiled, out now is the fact that she chose to make it at all. Sofia coppolas graceful, festering film the beguiled, a remake of sorts of the 1971 clint eastwood vehicle of the same name, doesnt make anything particularly easy on its audience.
Corseted and clad in immaculate costumes of ivory, cream, and dovegray, whether for gardening, dinner, or an impromptu wounddressing, sofia coppolas latest film at times feels as genteel as its setting. As loyal southern women and devout christians, they will never be the same when a. Despite its flaws the movie has remained a must watch due to the fact that clint eastwood stepped outside of his comfort zone to dip himself into one of his rare roles as a. The source materiala novel that was already adapted into a 1971 film with clint eastwood and dirty harry director. The beguiled by sofia coppola colin farrell, nicole. Watch the beguiled trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Director, sofia coppola, brings the womans point of view and how it was for these women during this time period. That coppolas the beguiled is a largely excellent film i consider to be, at that point, just icing on the cake. Sofia coppola approaches the beguiled like an scientist preparing an experiment.
In thomas cullinans 1966 novel and the 1971 film adaptation, hallie takes care of union soldier john mcburney clint eastwood when he flees the civil war to hide out at the girls boarding. The script was written by albert maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by thomas p. Sofia coppolas the beguiled is only a superficial success. Sofia coppola remake of the beguiled takes different. Sofia coppolas the beguileda remake sort of of the 1971 don siegelclint eastwood filmis full of such tableaux. The beguiled runs for ninetyfour minutes, and even those feel like a stretch. May 24, 2017 the beguiled is a respectable but pallid redo of a hothouse civil war melodrama made with much more flair and power by don siegel, and starring clint eastwood, 46 years ago. John mcburney colin farrell, is an irishborn mercenary who donned a. It is twice removed from the original text theres a 1971 film by don siegel and the 1966. The beguiled is a 1971 american southern gothic film directed by don siegel, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page.
The beguiled by sofia coppola colin farrell, nicole kidman. Jun 23, 2017 a threeminute rundown of the best and worst of this weeks film releases, including the goto movie for the weekend. Great actors clint eastwood, geraldine page and elizabeth hartmann star in this the 5th film produced by malpaso films. First look at sofia coppolas southern gothic drama. Coppola does a good job of endowing this remake with her own personal style. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title beguiled.
See more ideas about the beguiled, english movies and movies. Adapted from don siegels 1971 film of the same name, based on thomas p. The beguiled official trailer 2 universal pictures hd youtube. The beguiler becomes the beguiled in sofia coppolas sumptuous, sensual, smothering southern gothic tale set in 1864 virginia, three years into the civil war, in which a wounded union soldier ignites longdormant passions in the students and staff of an allfemale boarding school. The latter film, screening july 10, was shocking in its day with themes of mental illness and cannibalism. As it turns out, the beguiled a study of repressed female libido boiling. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. When a wounded union soldier, corporal mcburney colin farrell, is found near the school, hes taken in by its headmistress, miss martha nicole kidman. The beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale. Miss farnsworths seminary for young ladies in virginia, were told, although the scenery screams louisiana, where it was actually. The headmistress nicole kidman and her young charges wait out the war in desperate isolation, locked behind iron gates and. I also bought it to watch pattye mattick in her only major film appearanceshe is the girl with glasses.
The first film clint directed was play misty for me, which was released in october. Sofia coppolas race problem predates the beguiled bitch. Sofia coppola at the national arts awards gala in sofia coppola style. The directors latest stars nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, and colin farrell. Oct 10, 2017 with stacey battat, sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, elle fanning. Jul 16, 2017 t homas cullinans 1966 novel the beguiled aka a painted devil, about a wounded union soldier taken into a southern girls academy during the us civil war, was first brought to the screen by. During the civil war, a wounded union soldier takes refuge at a southern girls school. It stars nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, and elle fanning. The source materiala novel that was already adapted into a. The beguiled watch and download the beguiled 1080 px watch all. Back with southern gothic epic the beguiled, the director of her generation. A shift in perspective filmmakers and cast discuss how this version of the beguiled is a departure from the novel of the same name and its earlier film adaptation. The world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling.
And quite an excellent film it is at that, but certainly not one likely to win many converts over to the cult of coppola, a director i frankly adore, and whose films. The beguiled, a remake of the 1971 clint eastwood starrer, is a sight to behold. As with coppolas debut, the virgin suicides 1999, character is swallowed up in mood. The beguiled best hollywood movies free online watch streaming movies. From acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola lost in translation comes an atmospheric thriller that unfolds at a secluded girls boarding school in civil warera virginia. S ofia coppola delivers a very enjoyable southern melodrama, the tale of.
Start an into film club or log in to rate this film synopsis deep in the woods of the southern us state of virginia in 1864 sits miss farnsworths school for girls, an ageing mansion protecting miss farnsworth, five students and teacher edwina morrow from the american civil war which rages in the near distance. Jul 07, 2017 plus, a visual comparison of the 1971 and 2017 films. The beguiled is one of the most anticipated film at cannes film festival. Now sofia coppola remakes the beguiled and turns it into something uniquely her own. And so it continues with the dead plantation of the beguiled from which coppola did indeed remove the book and earlier film s single slave character, a mystifyingly tonedeaf decision that also hurts the narrative structure the slave is the first character to see through mcburneys hollow charm, without which the reveal that hes a thorough.
Sofia coppola remake of the beguiled takes different viewpoint. The beguiled is academy awardwinning writerdirector sofia coppolas seventh film and third with focus features lost in translation, somewhere. This point of view brings a new dynamic to the melodramatic remake. The film was heavily steeped in gothic horror and southern gothic visuals, but was an awkward film that really starts to fall apart near the beginning of the third act. Jun 23, 2017 the world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling. Originally seen on screen in the 1971 clint eastwood vehicle, coppolas interpretation of the thomas cullinan novel stars nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning and collin farrell. Jul 03, 2017 the beguileds aesthetic is stubbornly similar to her previous body of workwith a southern gothic twist. T homas cullinans 1966 novel the beguiled aka a painted devil, about a wounded union soldier taken into a southern girls academy during the us civil war, was first brought to the screen by. Sofia coppola named best director in cannes takes don siegels 1971 southern gothic about a wounded civil war soldier given shelter by a. These words, of course, do not make any sense together. John mcburney colin farrell is a corporal in the 66th new york and wounded in the leg while fighting somewhere in virginia in the summer of 1864. As the young women provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house.
Plus, a visual comparison of the 1971 and 2017 films. Hosted by larry mantle airs friday during all things considered and. As it turns out, the beguiled a study of repressed female libido boiling over is a natural fit for coppola, and an enormously baffling one for siegel. Screenwriterdirector sofia coppola describes how the talented cast helped bring her vision to life. Elle fanning in the beguiled inside the hauntingly beautiful wardrobe of sofia coppolas new film. Sexual tension south of the masondixon line during the civil war, a wounded union soldier is taken in by a finishing school in virginia.
The meaning is not explicit in the images, although you could read plenty into it if you wanted to the women are glimpsed between the iron bars of. In 1971 the beguiled, starring clint eastwood, was the first rrated film i ever saw, and it caused a stir in my sixthgrade elementary school class. The beguiled takes place at a girls boarding school in the virginia countryside during the civil war. The first trailer for sofia coppolas the beguiled has arrived. Apr 20, 2016 for hit me with your best shot this week, nathaniel has selected the beguiled, the 1971 don siegel film starring clint eastwood with a newlyannounced sofia coppola remake on the way. S ofia coppola delivers a very enjoyable southern melodrama, the tale of a handsome, badly wounded. Sofia coppolas the beguiled stars a romantic roster of southern gothicstyle dresses, whose modern interpretations are everywhere now. It is the second film adaptation of cullinans novel, following don siegel s 1971 film of the. Sofia coppola to develop edith whartons custom of the country as apple series. Set in the dark days of the american civil war, the film gives us rich insight into a trouble time in history.
Sofia coppolas the beguiled is a remake of the 1971 don siegel film of the same name. John mcburney is an injured union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the civil war. Maybe its the climate, but when characters go crazy in southern films, you cant. Worldwide english title informal alternative title a southern style. The beguiled watch and download the beguiled 1080 px watch all english movie. The film marks the third of five collaborations between siegel and eastwood, following coogans bluff 1968 and two mules for sister sara. A threeminute rundown of the best and worst of this weeks film releases, including the goto movie for the weekend. It is a contained psychodrama with a deliberate sense of fantasy, a fantasy that never once feels plausible and that crumbles at the seams throughout the entire film. The film won coppola the best director award at the 2017 cannes film festival, as well as a place in the main competition for the palme dor. The beguiled 2017, written and directed by sofia coppola, is a remake no one asked for, visually beautiful but emotionally monochrome. The winner of the best director award sofia coppola at the 2017 cannes international. The story unfolds during the civil war, at a southern girls boarding school.
It is the second film adaptation of cullinans novel, following don siegels 1971 film of the same name. The beguiled the beguiled, english movies, all hollywood movie. In this film, clint eastwood plays a wounded union soldier during the civil war who takes refuge in a prim southern girls school overseen by geraldine page. Ive always loved the women in the south, and the south in general. These sultry southern film classics will make you lust for. With stacey battat, sofia coppola, kirsten dunst, elle fanning. Coppola gives her own spin on the 1971 drama starring clint eastwood, itself an adaptation of thomas p. Sofia coppola and elle fanning in the beguiled 2017 nicole kidman in the beguiled 2017 elisabeth. Oct 21, 2017 the beguiled watch and download the beguiled 1080 px watch all english movie. The beguiled is coppolas bloodiest, most visceral movie to date, and it is also one of her best. Jan 26, 2018 the beguiled is a 2017 drama directed by sofia coppola.
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