The Eclectic Cinema: Howards End (1992)
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In our series, the ABC of Cinema, we have reached the letter I. So, we are celebrating the work of director James Ivory with a screening of Howards End, his most accomplished of several literary adaptations of works by E.M. Forster.
The story involves three families – the Wilcoxes (upper class, extremely rich and rather right-wing), the Schlegels (middle class, well-heeled and rather socialist) and the Basts (lower class, poor and seeking improvement). The Wilcoxes look down on the Schlegels and try not to notice the Basts. The Schlegels try not to look down on anyone, but seek to help those less fortunate than themselves, while also accepting help from those more fortunate than they.
But this is not how the British class system worked – it was each to his own and may the devil take the hindmost. So, the Schlegels, through their best intentions, cause problems by undermining this social structure, leading to tragedy as the affairs of the three families become increasingly intertwined.
For its cinematic story-telling, this film that could hardly be bettered, and it will look superb on the big screen!
Howards End PG
UK | 1992 | 142 minutes
DIRECTED BY
James Ivory
STARRING
Anthony Hopkins | Emma Thompson | Vanessa Redgrave | Helena Bonham Carter
The story involves three families – the Wilcoxes (upper class, extremely rich and rather right-wing), the Schlegels (middle class, well-heeled and rather socialist) and the Basts (lower class, poor and seeking improvement). The Wilcoxes look down on the Schlegels and try not to notice the Basts. The Schlegels try not to look down on anyone, but seek to help those less fortunate than themselves, while also accepting help from those more fortunate than they.
But this is not how the British class system worked – it was each to his own and may the devil take the hindmost. So, the Schlegels, through their best intentions, cause problems by undermining this social structure, leading to tragedy as the affairs of the three families become increasingly intertwined.
For its cinematic story-telling, this film that could hardly be bettered, and it will look superb on the big screen!
Howards End PG
UK | 1992 | 142 minutes
DIRECTED BY
James Ivory
STARRING
Anthony Hopkins | Emma Thompson | Vanessa Redgrave | Helena Bonham Carter
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