![]() ![]() ![]() in December 1970 before moving on to other countries. It is shot like a feature film, albeit a small-budget one, which explains the extra headroom on those cheap public domain DVD's. The melancholy score is an early masterwork by John Williams and like some of the performances it too is a little strange.Īlthough financed by Hallmark Hall of Fame for American television, Jane Eyre was touted as their most expensive production at the time. The photography by Paul Beeson is pure Gothic tableaux in rich saturated color. ![]() A lot of thought and planning went into their scenes together, and it hasn't dated in forty years. The way she sits at his knee before the fireplace, suffering in silence, supplicant yet rebellious, inviting affection but permitting only a pat, has to be seen to be understood. That strangeness gives their interaction a contemporary edge. Their performances are deeply felt, exactly right, and I think willfully strange. His blocking and coverage of Jane and Edward's scenes together is a clinic in directing. Delbert Mann directs the interaction on the scale of a chamber play, dispensing with background extras as often as possible, emphasizing pregnant silences but with a precise ear for Bronte's dialogue. The level of craftsmanship on this pictorial Jane Eyre is very high. More to the point, the landscape plays a role in the novel and this is the first time it plays the same role in a film adaptation. The film received praise for being the first version to be played realistically and to be shot on on rural Yorkshire locations that matched the novel's descriptions. This austere, condensed Jane Eyre hits all the high notes and strikes all the low beats of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel in 108 minutes and 52 seconds. Sometimes they negotiate for the elements and strike a new transfer that rescues a rare film, and at other times, they release dim, muddy, filthy prints that are among the worst DVDs public domain labels have to offer. Non-Film Score Discussion: VCI releases JANE EYRE (1970) September 28 FSM Board: VCI releases JANE EYRE (1970) September 28 ![]()
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