| Biography: The main part of his few movies were filmed in the quarter of a century in which he worked closely together with the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the German writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. His first films are all set in India and are very much influenced by the style of Satyajit Ray and Jean Renoir. After this period, he filmed three stories in New York and then dedicated his work to the great ... show all |
The Remains of the Day (1993)Thursday, December 10th, 2009 |
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A rule bound head butler’s world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master’s cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude. |
A Room with a View (1985)Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
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Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman, makes her first visit to Florence, Italy in the early 1900’s. There, she meets a quiet yet eccentric young man named George Emerson. Upon her return to England, Lucy must decide whether to follow through with her marriage to her stotic fiance, Cecil, or follow her heart and her growing attraction to George. |
Howards End (1992)Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
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Two sisters have encounters with a wealthy family. The younger sister is rejected by the son of the wealthy family. The older sister becomes a good friend of the wealthy mother, whose most cherished possession is their cottage at Howard’s End, and wishes fervently that Thompson could live there, as they are kindred spirits. Over the course of years, the older sister marries into the wealthy family, and the family tries to keep her from taking possession of Howard’s End. |
Divorce, Le (2003)Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 |
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French vs. American social customs and behaviors are observed in a story about an American visiting her Frenchman-wed sister in Paris. |
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