tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post3372220580488980457..comments2024-03-16T14:50:08.733-04:00Comments on Victorian Musings: A film adaptation of Alfred Lord Tennyson's, 'The Lady of Shalott' by WagScreen Kimberly Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-19933931958855980162016-02-13T17:26:33.785-05:002016-02-13T17:26:33.785-05:00Thanks Kevin. Hopefully, the company makes another...Thanks Kevin. Hopefully, the company makes another film in the future. Kimberly Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-12100579209494757382016-02-13T07:48:02.757-05:002016-02-13T07:48:02.757-05:00A splendid piece indeed, I do love The Lady of Sha...A splendid piece indeed, I do love The Lady of Shalott.<br />Thank you for posting.Kevin Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425483210803325576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-42649618827872507732016-02-10T03:12:28.939-05:002016-02-10T03:12:28.939-05:00I remember getting the dvd of the film when it cam...I remember getting the dvd of the film when it came out and in fact I watched it on the bicentenary day, Aug 6th 2009! I think it's a beautifully done film by a local group in Lincolnshire. As you say, they have matched the Waterhouse paintings perfectly! The costumes of the guests at the reading have also been done very carefully eg I believe one of the dresses is taken from the April Love painting. (The guests if you look at the end credits are supposed to be Rossetti, Millais, Hunt etc! I agree with you that the actor playing Tennyson doesn't read it brilliantly. However I don't think mimicking Tennyson's own reading style would have worked? No doubt you've heard the recording of The Charge of the Light Brigade which he reads in that affected Victorian almost chanting style! It is interesting to see the two versions of the poem. I have to say that I think the 1842 version is a big improvement especially the last verse. 1832 does sound a bit odd - those "well-fed wits at Camelot" and "God in his mercy lend her grace" is such a beautiful line compared with what was there before. Regarding Tennyson's relationship with the pre-raphs, they clearly hero-worshipped him, but I get the impression, he sort of kept them at arms length. I know he collaborated with them on one illustrated edition of the poems but even with this, I think he was critical of the drawings - eg he didn't like Hunt's sketch for this poem because it had too much stuff which wasn't in the poem. Personally I agree. I think Hunt's painting of the Lady is awful - too fussy with too much packed in, all those graeco-roman wrestlers etc. I don't know if he ever saw Waterhouse's depictions? Surely he would have loved those paintings? (Incidentally, I remember reading how he didn't like Millais's portrait of himself, which I personally think is wonderful). Anyway, thanks again for another fascinating post. Hopefully Wagscreens film will get more well known. It would be wonderful to see it used widely in schools.WoofWoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142792485921452481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-29833607268056039402016-02-09T20:09:51.628-05:002016-02-09T20:09:51.628-05:00Hi Hels,
I think you meant to say that the Pre-Rap...Hi Hels,<br />I think you meant to say that the Pre-Raphaelites always adored The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson and not that Tennyson would have adored his own poem? Maybe I'm wrong, though! Either way, thanks for stopping by. Kimberly Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-32136223323149734172016-02-09T18:48:39.886-05:002016-02-09T18:48:39.886-05:00We know the Pre-Raphaelite artists were influenced...We know the Pre-Raphaelite artists were influenced by literature, especially evocative, romantic, tragic literature. So The Lady of Shalott was always going to be adored by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.<br /> <br />Lots of other artists did drawings or paintings for Lady of Shalott, including Rossetti, but Waterhouse's paintings of the lady seem to still dominate our thinking. Rightly so!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-4228176366258687462016-02-09T16:00:32.401-05:002016-02-09T16:00:32.401-05:00Hi Daniela,
I couldn't agree more! Thanks for ...Hi Daniela,<br />I couldn't agree more! Thanks for stopping by.Kimberly Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701922878244863690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8617545316864155046.post-74894263934713198372016-02-09T15:57:32.255-05:002016-02-09T15:57:32.255-05:00Oh my, how I loved it, it gave life to Waterhouse&...Oh my, how I loved it, it gave life to Waterhouse's painting in a so wonderful way, thank you for sharing it !!!<br />With so much heartfelt gratitude, I wish you all the best for the reamainder of your week<br />xox<br />DanielaDanielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759677667896507266noreply@blogger.com