So my first film Metropolitan, and then this film. It's been great, because I think it's the second time I've had a film that sort of pulls itself, it sort of has its own velocity. How does it feel to have the film so well received? It was great! It was in a grand old art deco cinema, one of Sydney's oldest theatres, with a packed audience who clearly loved the film. So I saw Love & Friendship a few weeks ago at the Sydney Film Festival. I wanted to make films, but my first way in was to sell Spanish films, and SBS was one of our best customers. Oh, great! Back when you were a foreign sales agent? I'm living in Paris, so that's where I am. Where in the world are you at the moment? At its core is a cracking lead performance by Kate Beckinsale as attractive young widow Lady Susan, "the most accomplished flirt in all of England", an expert manipulator of uncommon charm.
Adapted from her unfinished epistolary novella Lady Susan, Stillman's latest film reunites his Last Days of Discoco-stars Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny, transplanting them from the mean streets of New York to the opulent manors of 18th-century British high society.įar from the dutiful, buttoned-up stuffiness you might expect from an Austen adaptation, Love & Friendship is delightfully outrageous, with a buoyant style and devilish wit that recalls the great comedies of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Love & Friendship sees Jane Austen find a perfect modern counterpart in expert social chronicler Whit Stillman, himself once dubbed the "Jane Austen of New York filmmakers" by Margaret Pomeranz. Love And Friendship is now available to stream at SBS On Demand (Scroll down for link).
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