Bright Star

2009 October 10
by Molly Quammen

Went with Brooks to the BAM Rose Cinemas last week to see the new Jane Campion film, Bright Star, about John Keats and his love affair with Fanny Brawne.

Ben Whishaw as John Keats

Ben Whishaw as John Keats

Couldn’t get enough of that sumptuous attention to detail, the juxtaposition of English country gardens and close-ups of textile, thread being pulled through fabric, made grand by the violins and the voices. Bare winter branches and French ribbon. And of course the bohemian clad in blue velvet, his nails all stained with ink.

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