Gothic Romance: Jane Eyre (Dir Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2h, 2011)
There is a certain inevitability, when one considers Gothic romance as a genre, that you will inevitably arrive at the Brontës. There are no shortage of cinematic (and small-screen) adaptions of the sisters' work. These are inevitably dominated by Emily's Wuthering Heights, its incarnations ranging from the aforementioned 1939 adaption that brought Lawrence Olivier to America, to the 1988 Japanese adaption, directed by Yoshishige Yoshida that retells it in medieval Japan, to Bunuel's 19th Century Mexican edition, Abismos de pasión , not to mention the upcoming adaption, directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, that seems to be only heightening the Gothic sensibilities of the tale. Anne's cinematic outings amount to two TV adaptions, whilst Charlotte's adaptions are largely focused on Jane Eyre . Jane Eyre' s adaptions may not quite have the range or prestige of Wuthering Heights , but they themselves are wo...
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