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Made two years after Citizen Kane, this 1943 version of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre sure looks like star Orson Welles muscled his way behind the camera much of the time. (In fact, costar Joan Fontaine--who plays the title character--has maintained that Welles methodically did just that every day on the set.) Not that the film's official director was a hack: Robert Stevenson, who later had a busy career at Disney making numerous live-action hits for the studio, such as Mary Poppins, gets the credit. But there's no mistaking Welles's masterful hand in the film's bold and creative look, and there's no getting away from his enigmatic charisma as Rochester, the widower who takes in Jane as a governess to his daughter. An engrossing, gorgeous film, there's even a small role for Elizabeth Taylor at the beginning as Jane's unlucky, doomed friend at a cruel boarding school. --Tom Keogh
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Jane Eyre secures a job as governess to the child (Margaret O'Brien) of the troubled Edward Rochester, sire of Thornfield, a mysterious English manor. When she hears strange cries and noises from a distant wing, her inquiries are rebuffed. As time goes on, Jane and her master fall in love and decide to marry. But their halted when a visitor suddenly reveals the shocking secret that Rochester has kept for years.
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the old ones are sometimes the best.,
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I have often found that the older version of a movie turns out to be the best. For example: Jane Eyre with Orsen Welles and Joan Fontaine in the lead parts were excellent. The more recent versions were ok, but somehow the mood was not there. Both very good actors, I think Welles and Fontaine really took you back through the years to that time in England. that is why I bought this from Amazon, when I had the chance. Thank you for it.Gloria Grimson
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Restrained Passion.,
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Victorians knew how to write stories that were drenched in restrained passion and this particular film version, among many many many done(it's a favourite of Hollywood's), is perhaps the best at portraying that theme. Because of the actors, to be sure, especially a younger Orson Welles who was still magnificent to look at, as well as to observe at his craft. But also because of the production values - music (the wonderful Bernard Herrman), sets, scenery, lighting, etc. and, of course, the excellent direction by Robert Stevenson, a man best known, actually, for his later, more colourful Disney efforts, such as Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, etc. Not any indicator that he'd concoct such an excellent dish with this black and white fare!My only disappointment was with the length and, therefore, the amount of story not treated from the book. And that it was not done as a Criterion Bluray. Not a bad looking dvd, despite that.
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Hauntingly Beautiful!,
By Raquelita "la rara" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Jane Eyre (VHS Tape)
This video was the first black and white movie I had ever seen (with the exception of Lon Chaney's "The Phantom of the Opera," and Mexican Cinema star Cantinflas from the 40's). After watching this movie I became a weird teenager who was all into black and white movies. This movie is missing some important stuff from Bronte's novel, but it is still a spectacular film with a plain but pretty Joan Fontaine and an intimidating tall dark and handsome Orson Welles. The whole plot makes the story perfect for the effects of black and white film. I've seen newer color versions and I must say that none of them come even close to this one. I have no idea why in the world this movie isn't out on DVD over here. I've even written to the people that make the Criterion Collection and have suggested to put this movie in with all their other good stuff. Still, I keep watching the video every two weeks. I can't get bored of this one.
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