The Jane Austen Book Club
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珍.奧斯汀(已故作家 )
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昨晚打開HBO這部電影已經演到一半,令我感興趣的是片中每位主角都認真的讀著珍.奧斯汀的書,她是曾並列世界十大小說家之一,而她的作品也至古至今仍受到大家的愛戴,六本作品:傲慢與偏見理性與感性艾瑪曼斯菲爾莊園勸服(勸導)諾桑覺寺
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著作連結
曼斯菲爾莊園
艾瑪
傲慢與偏見
諾桑覺寺
理性與感性
勸服

從不同年齡,背景,婚姻狀況,性取向,開始讀者簡奧斯汀以及其中已有人重複閱讀奧斯汀幾十年。他們的共同點就是他們的生活充滿孤獨。二十一世紀,已沒有提供一套價值觀念,告訴他們哪些行為是對是錯,這關係可接受或不可接受。他們的最高目標,是為了討好自己,但他們似乎不知道什麼是最佳方式,但他們的個人關係可能已經有所變化。他們正在黑暗中摸索。

在愛降臨時產生不可抗拒的吸引力(傲慢與偏見),在愛與不愛時,知道做出什麼決定是最好的,也是對別人好;又或是積極追求不管受傷與否(理性與感性),變調的家庭生活(曼斯菲爾德公園),勇敢去嘗試的年輕青年(諾桑覺寺),自己對自己的能力感到驚訝(艾瑪),付出耐力和重新再愛(勸服)。每一本書都由不同成員輪流負責提出書中意義及討論為什麼Jane會這麼想和目的,大家和書本裡的主角似乎都肩負著不可思議的相似...劇情情微妙的地方,書本裡故事的情節在現實生活中上演。。。。。

Jane Austen  書中的內容一一解答讀者對生活的困惑!

The Jane Austen Book Club:   What Would Jane Do?  
What would Jane do?
What would Jane do? 
What would Jane do?!

  

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Maria Bello is Jocelyn – a genuinely happy single woman who is mourning the loss of her dog as the film begins. Jocelyn is the Emma character. Bello is a B+ actor in my book. She deserves the roles she gets and its great to see her getting more these days, but her performance doesn’t really warrant further discussion (that sounds harsher than I intend).

Emily Blunt is Prudie – the French high school teacher who has never been to France. She’s a well-mannered but socially awkward creature who is oddly married to a jock who seems more interested in basketball and video games than her. This would be why she begins a “romantic discourse” with one of her students. I can’t remember the character name, but Prudie is the protagonist of Persuasion. Blunt is quickly becoming one of my favourite actors, she is so good in this. I can’t believe the girl is only 24 years old! She acts with great maturity, taking roles that would ordinarily be cast to older female actors – but she’s just too good and is scooping them all up!

Kathy Baker
is Bernadette, the instigator of the Jane Austen book club and a serial monogamist, who proudly talks of her six failed marriages. Baker, too, is good in this. There’s a magical quality about her in this role, she seems to really be enjoying herself.

Amy Brenneman
is Sylvia. Who is cajoled into joining the club by Jocelyn after her husband leaves her for a work colleague. Brenneman is okay in this film. I’m yet to decide what I exactly think of her as an actor but she played the hating-and-loving-her-husband-at-the-same-time thing really well.

Maggie Grace
is Allegra. Sylvia’s lesbian daughter who joins the club to support her depressed mother. Post-modernly we get insights into Allegra’s love life too – although she is the Marianne Dashwood character (of Sense and Sensibility) and therefore foolhardy when it comes to matters of love. Grace is good, but probably the weakest link in the acting might of the ensemble – although she is kind of the minor member of the club.

Hugh Dancy
is Grigg. As the only male member of the Jane Austen book club – who initially thought the books to be read were sequels, adds much needed freshness to the Austen discussions (in one hilarious scene equating Austen to Sci-Fi – for this scene alone I would recommend the film). Grigg’s alternative motives for being part of such a book club is his attraction for Jocelyn, however she doesn’t seem to be able to take the hint – pushing Grigg to be the shoulder Sylvia cries on after her marriage break up.

Dancy
is a great young actor. The only other thing I’ve seen him in is Evening and he was the stand out in that too. He has a great sense of comedy, but can also pull off the serious stuff without sap and sentimentality. (This one scene when he looks deep into Jocelyn’s eyes in the library – I practically melted in my seat.) Blunt and Dancy are the gems of the ensemble.

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