What would you say the point of the movie was? I haven't seen it yet
but I did see the PBS documentary on tv last night. I really hadn't
known much about the woman before and it would seem that she really
didnt mature at all until she was incarcerated. I hadn't realized she
was imprisoned for such a long time before her execution. It just
seems to me that any story of her life is terribly incomplete without
those last years. Is there anything meaningful at all to say about her
otherwise? And if not, what exactly is the point of the movie?
Sylrog
On Nov 6, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Abel, Cynthia wrote:
According to Sophia Coppola the director of the film, MA was both booed
and cheered at Cannes. Apparently those most upset were the French
themselves who were expecting a biopic, faithful to Antonia Fraser's
biography and were appalled at the casting, especially with everyone
keeping their own accents. Marie Antoinette with a California Valley
Girl accent!! Quelle Horrour!! Plus the French are still split in their
opinions on Marie Antoinette.
I thought it was great fun and more open that it wasn't historically
correct in order to get its point across, than say, the 1938 Marie
Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer, that took great pains in pushing
how
much behind the scenes work was done to make everything historically
correct, but looks like a 1930's Ziegfield Follies-inspired musical.
I'll buy the DVD when it comes out for the costuming on this MA, alone.
And there is sure to be an "extra" on the costumes in in.
Cindy Abel
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