Ipswich Film Society

2004/05 Season

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

UK/USA 2000 (PG) - 140 minutes
Directed by Terence Davies

Ipswich Film Theatre - 28 February 2005 - 7.30pm
Lily Bart (Gillian Anderson) knows that only marriage brings security even for a powerful dignified woman in New York's 1900 high society, where mirth gives way to money. One of the best adaptations of a classic novel (Edith Wharton's) because of its intensity where every word and gesture count.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS: Sixty years ago, this would have been a vehicle for Bette Davis. Speeded up of course but not so well done; I really enjoyed the social comment - it really seemed to reflect life at that time; Scenery and costumes wonderful - sad ending; Brilliant depiction of why everyone was much happier when women knew their place. Well, apart from the women, obviously. But the moral of the tale is - DON'T PLAY BRIDGE; Second Viewing - even more depressing when you know what will happen.

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