Little Women (Greta Gerwig, 2019)

[domino harvey]

[Big Ben]

If that is indeed true I would imagine he has a snowballs chance in hell of having it occur given said stars beliefs. What I want to know really, is if the script really is that bad.

[The Narrator Returns]

I dunno how you can fuck up this material that badly (and Gerwig's track record has been so strong I can't imagine her completely whiffing with this, of all things), so I'm just going to assume this person got their wires crossed and heard the script gossip about the Pure Flix Little Women.

[mfunk9786]

Very glad I've given everyone here the same brain worms that make me check blind items near-daily. Should've gotten your shots

[The Narrator Returns]

In spite of the garbage script, Bob Odenkirk has joined the cast

[domino harvey]

I'd be shocked if the auteur behind Let's Go to Prison let script problems deter him

[Dead or Deader]

Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet stop into a restaurant, which is in my hometown of Concord.

[Cremildo]

Chris Cooper is the latest addition to the cast.

[mfunk9786]

Do we know if this is going to be a period adaptation or will be sent in current day? Missed that if it's already been touched upon somewhere, I think I'd find the latter more compelling.

[domino harvey]

Those who've read the script say it's set in the original period of the novel

[The Narrator Returns]

This is filming now, and apparently Ed Lachman is the DP.

[Michael Kerpan]

My wife was volunteering at the Arnold Arboretum here in Boston when they filmed a bit of this. Even gravel covering the paths would seem to be insufficient to make the Arboretum look like the Tuileries Garden, however. (They had to come back to remove all the gravel the day after the shoot).

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/ ... yl-streep/

[Cremildo]

Two set pics.

[The Narrator Returns]

First official photos, plus interviews with Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan

[mfunk9786]

Trailer is out, and it looks good!

[soundchaser]

The dialogue seems a little on-the-nose, but that could be a trailer problem. The direction looks excellent, though, and very distinct from Lady Bird’s.

[The Narrator Returns]

Not that this is a surprise, since Gerwig got Olivier Assayas' DP for this, but this looks gorgeous. The blue of the skies in the beach shots is unbelievable.

[Monterey Jack]

Is Emma Watson EVER going to stop playing teenagers?

[mfunk9786]

Rated PG for "thematic elements and brief smoking"

[domino harvey]

Pretty close to my favorite MPAA rating explanation ever: the Remains of the Day, which was rated PG for “Themes”

[swo17]

Compare this to The Andromeda Strain, which is rated G

[mfunk9786]

And Risky Business is rated R for "thematic elements and smoking briefs"

[PfR73]

My 2 favorites ever:

PG-13 for "intense depiction of very bad weather"

Spoiler

Twister

PG for "thematic material involving crimes against humanity"

Spoiler

Darfur Now

[The Narrator Returns]

First reactions are stressing that it's a pretty unorthodox adaptation, with a scrambled timeline. David Jenkins (not usually prone to hyperbole of this kind) called it "One of the most pleasurable cinema experiences of my life" and compared it to both Meet Me in St. Louis and the French New Wave.

[mfunk9786]

I love Nick Pinkerton's Twitter reply to that, reading merely "Gross."