For hit me with your best shot this week, nathaniel has selected the beguiled, the 1971 don siegel film starring clint eastwood with a newlyannounced sofia coppola remake on the way. Apr 07, 2014 a beautiful but unprincipled girl causes problems for johnboy. Kirsten dunst stars as the maidenly edwina, who teaches french at a girls boarding school, in the beguiled, sofia coppola. Doesnt disappoint in 2017 even after coppolas butchering it. And quite an excellent film it is at that, but certainly not one likely to win many converts over to the cult of coppola, a director i frankly adore, and whose films always strike me as far more divisive than they deserve. This movies many layers truly explore not only the desperation the american civil war inflicted upon americans, but human nature regarding the combination of both lust and survival. That coppolas the beguiled is a largely excellent film i consider to be, at that point, just icing on the cake. Eastwood highlights each of the primary actors including himself as well as director don siegel. Sofia coppola tells southern gothic tale of desire. Young women take in an injured enemy soldier during the civil war. As it turns out, the beguiled a study of repressed female libido boiling. Well, i saw sofia coppolas remake of the beguiled, and despite my skepticism about remakes, i really enjoyed it.
Sofia coppolas steamy southern potboiler is her most arresting and assured movie to date. The storyteller stream des films avec soustitre francais gratuitement. In the beguiled, a girls school turns out to be an. Jun 30, 2017 in the beguiled, pretty confections whipped up to seduce. Filmed in 1971, during the making of the beguiled, the storyteller is the first documentary short ever directed by eastwood. The beguiled runs for ninetyfour minutes, and even those feel like a stretch. Jun 23, 2017 the world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling. Colin farrell, nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, emma howard, oona laurence, angourie. These words, of course, do not make any sense together. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Though an only decent adaptation, the beguiled is deftly directed by sofia coppola, giving room for the cast to shine in their performances.
The beguiled is a novel of rivalry, manipulation and revenge with psychological suspense and sexual tension a union soldier in the american civil war is found injured in woods at south, near a seminary for young women his presence caused a state of disruption, the women at school are different in backgrounds and beliefs, but some of them had something in common which is their fascination with. The storyteller 1971 streaming film complet vf en francais. Of course sofia coppolas the beguiled differs from the. The beguiled is the big little lies period drama you didnt. Miss farnsworths seminary for young ladies in virginia, were told, although the scenery screams louisiana, where it was actually. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken. Sure, the film could do with some of the acerbic eroticism of, say, french director catherine breillat, but coppolas girls school humour is. Don siegels the beguiled is a mean sweaty movie lathered in southern gothic thrills. The beguiled 2017 regarder film complet streaming free. Her watchful eye almost guarantees the female sexuality in the movie wont be gratuitous or exploitative. Sexual tension south of the masondixon line during the civil war, a wounded union soldier is taken in by a finishing school in virginia. Martha farnsworths seminary for young ladies, a boarding school in rural mississippi, is a. Jul 14, 2017 don siegels the beguiled is a mean sweaty movie lathered in southern gothic thrills.
The storyteller is the first documentary short ever directed by clint eastwood. In the beguiled, pretty confections whipped up to seduce. The allstar cast includes colin farrell, nicole kidman, kirsten dunst and. Why some critics brought out the knives three male critics use highly charged language when criticizing the beguiled. John mcburney is an injured union soldier who finds himself on the run as a deserter during the civil war. The world of sofia coppolas the beguiled, as with so many of her films, is gorgeous but stifling. Jun 23, 2017 though an only decent adaptation, the beguiled is deftly directed by sofia coppola, giving room for the cast to shine in their performances. Based on a novel by thomas cullinan, the beguiled is a remake of the 1971 clint eastwood film of the same name. Yet because it had been many years since i saw the 1971 original, i decided to watch it again to contrast with the new. The most intriguing thing about sofia coppolas latest film the beguiled, out now is the fact that she chose to make it at all.
Sofia coppolas dreamy, womans eye adaptation of a us civil war story brings the battleground indoors. Originally seen on screen in the 1971 clint eastwood vehicle, coppolas interpretation of the thomas cullinan novel stars nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning and collin farrell. The beguiled synopsis at a girls school in virginia during the civil war, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded union soldier is taken in. He seeks refuge at an allfemale southern boarding school where. The fact that the beguiled is directed by a woman, coppola, is another reason to tune in. Jun 22, 2017 the beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale. May 24, 2017 the beguiled is mostly a highend lark, but coppola does poke at some feminist themes throughoutselfactualization under patriarchy being the most glaring. The 1971 beguiled was directed by don siegel, the famed director of the original invasion of the body snatchers who later helped make clint eastwood famous.
Shot in baton rouge, louisiana, under the malpaso production company, it has a running time of 12 minutes and provides a behindthescenes look at the making of the 1971 film, the beguiled. The beguiled takes place three years into the american civil war in the south, when a young student from ms. In this film, clint eastwood plays a wounded union soldier during the civil war who takes refuge in a prim southern girls school overseen by geraldine page. I remembered seeing in the 70s and patiently waited for 2017 version. At a girls school in virginia during the civil war, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded union soldier colin farrell is. Jun 21, 2017 the 1971 beguiled was directed by don siegel, the famed director of the original invasion of the body snatchers who later helped make clint eastwood famous by directing dirty harry and escape from. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
Sofia coppolas the beguileda remake sort of of the 1971 don siegelclint eastwood filmis full of such tableaux. Jul 07, 2017 plus, a visual comparison of the 1971 and 2017 films. Theres grace to be found in the beguiled, and delicacy, but whats most interesting is the brutality and power that seethe beneath the surface. The beguiled is academy awardwinning writerdirector sofia coppolas seventh film and third with focus features lost in translation, somewhere. Sofia coppola is wrangling an incredible female cast to.
Hbo is streaming the original 1971 the beguiled with clint. The beguiled 2017 stream and watch online moviefone. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. The meaning is not explicit in the images, although you could read plenty into it if you wanted to the women are glimpsed between the iron bars of. The beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writerdirector sofia coppola. The meaning is not explicit in the images, although you could read plenty into it if you wanted to the women are glimpsed between the iron bars of the gate, isolated from the world of men, etc. Jul, 2017 based on a novel by thomas cullinan, the beguiled is a remake of the 1971 clint eastwood film of the same name. The story unfolds during the civil war, at a southern girls boarding school. If you enjoy coppolas directing, i think youll enjoy her storytelling again in the beguiled. Jul 03, 2017 well, i saw sofia coppolas remake of the beguiled, and despite my skepticism about remakes, i really enjoyed it. It stars nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, and elle fanning.
The director of such macho fist pumpers as dirty hairy and the killers directs a crippled yankee clint eastwood into the hands of a group of women that live in a large southern mansion smack dab in the middle of the civil. The beguiled, sofia coppolas new film, looks like a historical drama its set in virginia during the civil war but it often behaves more like a fairy tale. He seeks refuge at an allfemale southern boarding school where the teachers and students seem more than willing to help. Released june 23rd, 2017, the beguiled stars colin farrell, nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of 77 out of 100 on.
Clint eastwood and geraldine page star in this tense psychological drama of love and betrayal. By farran smith nehme in the julyaugust 2017 issue. Colin farrell plays a wounded civil war soldier given shelter by a mississippi seminary for young ladies. The beguiled is a 2017 american southern gothic film written and directed by sofia coppola, based on the novel of the same name originally published as a painted devil by thomas p.
Shot in baton rouge, louisiana, under the malpaso production company, it has a running time of 12 minutes. Near the end of the civil war, wounded yankee soldier john mcburney is close to death when he is rescued by a twelveyearold girl from a louisiana boarding school. The beguiled, based on a 1966 novel by thomas cullinan previously filmed in 1971, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page, won the best director award at. As his health returns his desire increases, but can he trust these enemy women not to turn him in. The beguiled is a 1971 american southern gothic film directed by don siegel, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page. The beguiled is a remake of don siegels 1971 take on a southern gothic book by thomas cullinan, this time. Mar 30, 2016 the beguiled is also considered an antiwar film and wasnt a success at the time, possibly because the idea of a macho eastwood getting his just deserts from a group of scorned women didnt. This movies many layers truly explore not only the desperation the american civil war inflicted upon americans, but human nature regarding the. Plus, a visual comparison of the 1971 and 2017 films. But if the movie seems familiar to you, thats probably because its a remake of an earlier film of the same name that was released in 1971.
Cullinan set in 1864 in virginia and concerning a group of women and the wounded soldier they find. A beautiful but unprincipled girl causes problems for johnboy. Jul 06, 2017 the beguiled is a 1966 novel by thomas p. The beguiled is also considered an antiwar film and wasnt a success at the time, possibly because the idea of a macho eastwood getting his. About the film the beguiled movie synopsis focus features.