"Austen's characters achieve their greatness through a kind of sideways movement toward happiness, (while) the Brontes hurtle themselves headlong into the maelstrom of emotions and situations," says James Schamus, head of Focus Features, the artsy studio that made Austen's Pride and Prejudice and now is making Jane Eyre (with BBC Films) with hot young director Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre). Rochester, doomed Cathy Earnshaw and vengeful Heathcliff - to rend their garments, wail disconsolately and stagger across windswept moors. Filmmakers' long affair with the divine Miss Austen is finally waning, after two decades of movies made from her elegant novels with their well-mannered characters, placid plots and witty repartee.īut enough with the endless circling of the Pump Room at Bath - time to get hearts racing! Time to bring back those wildly Romantic Bronte characters - plain Jane Eyre and moody Mr.
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