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In 1987, the Merchant Ivory team released a film called Maurice; based on the novel by EM Forster, and starring Hugh Grant and James Wilby, it is a story of two young men who fall in love in the days before World War One. A recent conversation with a friend reminded me of the film, which I intend to see (although not today- home sick from work); I missed it in 1987 largely because 1) while I found Room With a View to be reasonably charming, the Merchant Ivory oeuvre has never been one, all in all, that I’ve tracked particularly closely, and 2) for some stupid teenage idiot reason, hearing that James Wilby had replaced Jude Law just before shooting somehow put me off. (I know, I know- Viggo Mortensen...)
( As I have yet to see the film, and Wikipedia being less than helpful on the subject, I quote from Roger Ebert’s review, which gives a rough- and accurate, I hope- idea of the plot. Spoilers, obviously. )
I mention this because 1) as noted, I plan to see the movie once I’m back on my feet (exhaustion, mostly- poor sleeping of late), and 2) I found an interesting discussion between James Ivory and the author Robert Emmett Long in the book Conversations With Ivory, in which the director speculates as to his characters’ probable fates:
( Director James Ivory's speculations as to the characters' fates. )
(Also, in researching this, I was surprised and touched to see that Merchant and Ivory were what the LA Times referred to as “life partners”- although I try to stay reasonably conversant with major filmmakers, I’d never known that.)
( As I have yet to see the film, and Wikipedia being less than helpful on the subject, I quote from Roger Ebert’s review, which gives a rough- and accurate, I hope- idea of the plot. Spoilers, obviously. )
I mention this because 1) as noted, I plan to see the movie once I’m back on my feet (exhaustion, mostly- poor sleeping of late), and 2) I found an interesting discussion between James Ivory and the author Robert Emmett Long in the book Conversations With Ivory, in which the director speculates as to his characters’ probable fates:
( Director James Ivory's speculations as to the characters' fates. )
(Also, in researching this, I was surprised and touched to see that Merchant and Ivory were what the LA Times referred to as “life partners”- although I try to stay reasonably conversant with major filmmakers, I’d never known that.)
