Last year Greg Wise was linked to the role of John Ruskin and Emma Thompson to the role of Effie’s confidante Lady Eastlake. I’d expect Orlando Bloom to be John Everett Millais, the painter Effie married after her first marriage was annulled.
According to Production Weekly, 16 year old Saoirse Ronan is to play the title role in the Emma Thompson scripted "Effie" with Orlando Bloom, Greg Wise, Imelda Staunton and Thompson co-starring. Carey Mulligan was previously attached to this role. If true, Saoirse seems once again to be playing a role older than her years.
Written by Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson, EFFIE is a sharp, entertaining and witty story that vividly conjures up passionate characters driven to extremes by the repressive rules of their time.
John Ruskin – the renowned art critic famously dubbed “The Greatest Victorian” takes young Effie Gray as his wife. Effie is twenty years younger and her expectations of marital love are confounded by her husband’s bizarre and troubled personal behaviour. She must also contend with Ruskin’s controlling and snobbish mother.
In an attempt to redraw their relationship, Effie and John move to Venice so John may continue his work as Effie seeks solace in the beauty of the city and its people. Venice does little to relieve the stress of their already fragile relationship, and so the unhappy couple move to Scotland accompanied by Ruskin’s protégé, the handsome artist John Everett Millais.
As Millais witnesses Ruskin’s disdain for Effie and how truly disconnected the couple are, he begins to feel for her in a way that her husband cannot.
Effie must attempt to escape her poisonous marriage without alerting the scandal mongers and attempt to secure romantic fulfillment in the arms of her husband’s young artist friend.
This is a powerful and affectionate take on an extraordinary, true story from the pen of Emma Thompson who also plays Effie’s ally, confidante and saviour, Lady Eastlake.
Actress/Screenwriter Emma Thompson has been working on a biopic of Effie Gray for some time now, and it appears that it’s finally gearing up to go into production. When we spoke with Carey Mulligan back in March, she told us that she had read the Effie script a while back and was previously attached to the project, but she hadn’t heard anything as of late. It now appears that Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) will take on the title role instead. Production Weekly says that the Thompson-scripted project will also star Orlando Bloom, Greg Wise (Johnny English), Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), and Thompson herself.
Gray was the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, and became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle that has been adapted into more than a few novels and plays. Without consummating the relationship, Gray left her husband, had the marriage annulled, and married Ruskin’s protégé John Everett Millius. Greg Wise (who is also Thompson’s husband) is reported to play Ruskin, with Bloom assumed to be portraying Millius. Thompson is no stranger to screenwriting, as she won the Academy Award for it with 1995’s Sense and Sensibility.
拜访罗斯金故居(一)
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十九世纪中期，3个皇家美术学院的年轻画家离经叛道，辍学创建了拉斐尔前派(Pre- Raphaelites)，主张回归文艺复兴初期的古典画风，英国近现代美术史才稍稍有些光辉起来。《威尼斯之石》分三卷，其中谈论哥特风格的部分曾让威廉·莫里斯深深入迷，把它作为哥特复兴的样本单独出版。
拜访罗斯金故居
4年前，第一次去英国湖区，懵懂之间听到船老大喃喃自语，罗斯金当年就住在这里。罗斯金？哪个罗斯金？船上昏昏欲睡的我立刻来了精神。约翰·罗斯金 (John Ruskin，1819-1900)，英国维多利亚时期的诗人、画家、艺术评论大师，就像托尔斯泰后来所形容的，罗斯金“不只是当时最伟大的英国人之一，也是全世界、全时期最伟大的人之一。他的思想和言行不只描述了当下，也同样预示了未来”。
但是出于各种原因，直到4年后我才真正涉足罗斯金的故居，Brantwood。“Brant”在古语中意为“陡峭”，顾名思义，这座外形别致优雅的乡间别墅就坐落在风景秀丽的Coniston湖畔一个小山坡顶端，背后是茂密的森林，脚下是碧绿的牧场。相对于那个时代的人，罗斯金很长寿。他活了81岁，在这里安静地度过了生命中最后的28年。
自莎士比亚以来，英国出了不少文学大师，但相比欧洲其他曾强盛一时的国度——法国、西班牙，特别是意大利来说——英国就是一片艺术荒漠。这里从未出过任何著名的古典艺术家。英国画家们所擅长的风景画，康斯坦布尔之外就只剩下一个透纳。
十九世纪中期，3个皇家美术学院的年轻画家离经叛道，辍学创建了拉斐尔前派(Pre-Raphaelites)，主张回归文艺复兴初期的古典画风，英国近现代美术史才稍稍有些光辉起来。拉斐尔前派的主要抨击对象是当时教条主义盛行的皇家美术学院。皇家美术学院位于格林公园对面，现在经常举办拉斐尔前派的展览。
罗斯金最伟大的成就是作为艺术资助人和评论家。为了拥护透纳，罗斯金出版了《现代画家》。在他小小的寝室里，曾经悬挂了近20幅透纳的水彩画。透纳名声大噪，罗斯金一去世这些画立即就被贩卖了。拜访罗斯金故居(一)
[ 时间:2010-10-14 13:38:07 | 作者: | 来源:《环球》杂志 | 浏览: 13 ]
十九世纪中期，3个皇家美术学院的年轻画家离经叛道，辍学创建了拉斐尔前派(Pre- Raphaelites)，主张回归文艺复兴初期的古典画风，英国近现代美术史才稍稍有些光辉起来。《威尼斯之石》分三卷，其中谈论哥特风格的部分曾让威廉·莫里斯深深入迷，把它作为哥特复兴的样本单独出版。
拜访罗斯金故居
4年前，第一次去英国湖区，懵懂之间听到船老大喃喃自语，罗斯金当年就住在这里。罗斯金？哪个罗斯金？船上昏昏欲睡的我立刻来了精神。约翰·罗斯金 (John Ruskin，1819-1900)，英国维多利亚时期的诗人、画家、艺术评论大师，就像托尔斯泰后来所形容的，罗斯金“不只是当时最伟大的英国人之一，也是全世界、全时期最伟大的人之一。他的思想和言行不只描述了当下，也同样预示了未来”。
但是出于各种原因，直到4年后我才真正涉足罗斯金的故居，Brantwood。“Brant”在古语中意为“陡峭”，顾名思义，这座外形别致优雅的乡间别墅就坐落在风景秀丽的Coniston湖畔一个小山坡顶端，背后是茂密的森林，脚下是碧绿的牧场。相对于那个时代的人，罗斯金很长寿。他活了81岁，在这里安静地度过了生命中最后的28年。
自莎士比亚以来，英国出了不少文学大师，但相比欧洲其他曾强盛一时的国度——法国、西班牙，特别是意大利来说——英国就是一片艺术荒漠。这里从未出过任何著名的古典艺术家。英国画家们所擅长的风景画，康斯坦布尔之外就只剩下一个透纳。
十九世纪中期，3个皇家美术学院的年轻画家离经叛道，辍学创建了拉斐尔前派(Pre-Raphaelites)，主张回归文艺复兴初期的古典画风，英国近现代美术史才稍稍有些光辉起来。拉斐尔前派的主要抨击对象是当时教条主义盛行的皇家美术学院。皇家美术学院位于格林公园对面，现在经常举办拉斐尔前派的展览。
罗斯金最伟大的成就是作为艺术资助人和评论家。为了拥护透纳，罗斯金出版了《现代画家》。在他小小的寝室里，曾经悬挂了近20幅透纳的水彩画。透纳名声大噪，罗斯金一去世这些画立即就被贩卖了。
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