Independent filmmaker sally potter s genderbending epic, which views four centuries of sexual politics through the eyes of a sexswitching main character, is based on the 1928 novel by virginia. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of british history, experiencing a variety of lives and. Titulky ke stazeni na, orlando odkaz ke stazeni filmu zdarma, odkaz ke zhlednuti filmu online. Orlando is a story of the quest for love, and it is also an ironic dance through english history. It is considered by many to be her most experimental work, and consists of soliloquies spoken by the books six characters. Tilda swinton and billy zane star in this awardwinning feature about an english.
Watch orlando full movie in hd visit england, 1600. Orlando is a witty visual spectacle with compelling ideas and a story with many gaping holes that are open to interpretation. Sep 10, 2018 orlando by sally potter, starring the incredible tilda swinton, one of my film favs, in this case combined with the book by virginia woolf. She is the daughter of two artistic parents who influenced her decision to become a filmmaker. Orlando original motion picture soundtrack by david. Potter is married to zachariah lake and has one child, a son. Jul 24, 2010 british film director sally potter has had a busy month. Young nobleman orlando is commanded by queen elizabeth i to stay forever young. Feminist phenomenology and the films of sally potter kate ince. Next, there was the rerelease of her 1992 film orlando.
Independent filmmaker sally potters genderbending epic, which views four centuries of sexual politics through the eyes of a sexswitching main character, is based on the 1928 novel by virginia. One of the earliest events to combine dance on film projected in juxtaposition with live performances by the same dancer. Immortal and highly imaginative, he undergoes a series of extraordinary transformations which humorously and hauntingly illustrate the eternal war between the sexes. She has since written and directed eight feature films, as well as many short films including thriller and play and a television series, and has directed opera carmen for the eno in 2007 and other live work. The screenplay is a standard text taught in film schools as a radical and successful. Her mother was a music teacher and her father was an interior designer and a poet. This journey takes orlando from the frozen river thames and central asia, where he changes sex, through to romantic love and loss in the.
There are lots of intellectual traditions vying for ascendancy in potter s adaptation of virginia woolfs 1928 modernist novel, but the joy is that the film c. Janet dame kristin scott thomas hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine. Check out orlando original motion picture soundtrack by david motion and sally potter on amazon music. Download orlando full movie hd1080p sub english orlando. Born as a man in the time of elizabeth i, orlando becomes a woman midway in the journey you see. Times being what they are, anything that gets a talented filmmaker the attention he or she deserves is welcome, evenas in potters caseif it. Her background is in choreography, music, performance art and experimental film. On her deathbed, the queen promises an androgynous young nobleman named orlando a large tract of land and a castle built on it, along with a generous monetary gift. Tilda swinton, quentin crisp, billy zane running time. Looking to watch orlando on your tv, phone, or tablet.
Starring tilda swinton orlando is a sally potter film. In 1600, nobleman orlando tilda swinton inherits his parents house, thanks to queen elizabeth i quentin. Tilda swinton, quentin crisp, jimmy somerville, billy zane en john wood. Written and directed by sally potter orlando, the tango lesson is the story of a filmmaker, sally sally potter, who becomes dissatisfied with her latest screenplay vividly illustrated in luscious color and stumbles upon an argentinean tango dancer pablo veron. Orlando is a 1992 british period drama film loosely based on virginia woolfs 1928 novel. Apr 14, 2017 sally potter defies this convention by a allowing orlando to gaze back and b giving orlando hisher own voice via voiceover and carefully crafted dialogue. Orlando original motion picture soundtrack by david motion and. Addressing contemporary concerns about gender and identity, the film is remarkably true to the spirit of virginia woolf, but it also skilfully adapts the original story to give it a striking, cinematic form. Sally potter orlando is a bold, unsentimental reworking of virgina woolfs classic novel in which an innocent aristocrat journeys through 400 years of english history first as a man. Featurettes, interview with director sally potter, audio commentary with. It was written and directed by sally potter, who also cowrote the music for the film with david motion potter chose to film much of the constantinople portion. Surprisingly, he doesnt and his life span centuries, and he lives both as a man and.
Swinton stars as orlando, an english nobleman who defies the law of nature with surprising results. The source novel by virginia woolf, written as a love letter to vita sackvillewest, was adapted for the screen by director sally potter, who also composed the musical score. Orlando 1992, sally potters bold adaptation of virginia woolfs classic novel, first brought her work to a wider audience. Rather than assimilate to inherent selfsurveillance, orlando gazes directly. She is known for directing orlando 1992, which won the audience prize for best film at the venice film festival. They begin a wild affair, despite a conflict between their illicit love and religious beliefs, and travel from london to belfast, beirut and havana. Sally potter is a multifaceted artist who not only works as a filmmaker, but also a dancer, choreographer, performance artist, and composer. Rather than assimilate to inherent selfsurveillance, orlando gazes directly into the camera and thus into the eyes of the spectator. Orlando is a story of the quest for love, and it is also an ironic dance through. Sam neil plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband, sheila hancock the beloved aunt and shirley henderson the philosophical cleaner who witnesses the. Orlando by sally potter, starring the incredible tilda swinton, one of my film favs, in this case combined with the book by virginia woolf.
Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. This interpretation of virginia woolfs semiautobiographical novel of the same name came at a time when british historical films were produced with a certain nostalgic patina and hivaids activism was at a peak, the act up mantra being silencedeath. With tilda swinton, billy zane, quentin crisp, jimmy somerville. Yes is the story of a passionate love affair between an american woman joan allen and a middleeastern man simon abkarian in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation religious, political and sexual. Feminist phenomenology and the films of sally potter. Orlando 1992 sally potter, tilda swinton, billy zane, quentin crisp, drama, fantasy, romance. Free download of the ebook on pdf, epub and mobi formats for all devices. Highly stylised version of virginia woolfs fictional biography of friend and lover vita sackville west. Orlando director sally potter on twitter, virgina woolf and. In an hour long interview q and a recorded at cinephila west in westbourne grove, london, sophie mayer talks to director sally potter about her career, focussing on the films orlando, the tango lesson and her new film rage. Sally potter made her first 8mm film aged fourteen. It was nominated for two academy awardsbest costume and best art direction and, to this day, it continues to be a true delight on a visual level.
Orlando is about a person who achieves in one lifetime what most of us can only dream of doing. Orlando 1992 film, titulky ke stazeni, recenze csfd. For orlando potter won the felix for the best young european film of 1993. Sally potters dazzling adaptation of woolfs classic novel. Charlotte sally potter obe born 19 september 1949 is an english film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing orlando 1992, which won the audience prize. Orlando is a movie starring tilda swinton and billy zane.
Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Virginia woolf 18821941 was the daughter of academic and essayist sir leslie stephen, and began publishing essays herself in 1905 after moving to londons. She has since written and directed seven feature films, as well as many short films including thriller and play and a television series, and has directed opera carmen for the eno in 2007 and other live work. Orlando is the tale of the apparently immortal orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of elizabeth i as a man and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. With timothy spall, kristin scott thomas, patricia clarkson, bruno ganz. Orlando full movie watch online, stream or download chili. Sally potter celebrity profile check out the latest sally potter photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Sally potters notes on the adaptation of the book orlando. Virginia woolf, in her writing and life, refused to internalize and normalize this patriarchal ideology. Tilda swinton on woolfes orlando tilda swinton, as orlando, reading in library in the 1992 film based on virginia woolfs novel orlando. It was written and directed by sally potter, who also cowrote the music for the film with david motion. An american woman, trapped in a loveless marriage with a politician, meets a middleeastern man living in exile. Director sally potter described her approach to the adaptation as follows.
Sally potter originally spoke with bomb in 1993 with the release of her film orlando. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the sally potterdirected movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so. Potter began making 8mm films, and has also worked as a choreographer and opera director. Orlando is a 1992 film written and directed by sally potter. Sally potters notes on the adaptation of the book orlando potter. Orlando director sally potter on twitter, virgina woolf. A loose adaptation of virginia woolfs 1928 novel of the same name, the tilda swintonstarring, genderbending film is an adaptation in the fullest sense of the word.
Sally potter defies this convention by a allowing orlando to gaze back and b giving orlando hisher own voice via voiceover and carefully crafted dialogue. After queen elizabeth i commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world. Her film orlando 1992, starring tilda swinton, an adaptation of virginia woolfs classic, first brought her work to a wider audience. Sally potter screenplay, virginia woolf novel script synopsis. Orlando original motion picture soundtrack by david motion.
Tags billy zane 90s smile film sally potter orlando. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the sally potter directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so. Sally potters 1992 filmic adaptation of orlando goes so far as to overtly challenge this conception. Tilda swinton, quentin crisp, jimmy somerville, imdb rating. Queen elizabeth i promises orlando, a young nobleman obsessed w. Orlando in constantinople cult of chivalry honor, courage, loyalty, service a room of ones own women need money and space of their own to create androgyny one must have access to both male and female sides of ones. Her most famous work is her 1979 film thriller, which chronicles the sacrifices of two women. Orlando by sally potter a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. The story begins in the elizabethan era, shortly before the death of queen elizabeth i. First there was the introspective of her films at moma that ran through july 21. By creating this version of orlando, a character who lives outside of gender, class, property, and time, potter is not so subtly flashing a giant middle finger at the patriarchy. A biography, starring tilda swinton as orlando, billy zane as marmaduke bonthrop shelmerdine, and quentin crisp as queen elizabeth i. Orlando is a 1992 british period drama film loosely based on virginia woolf s 1928 novel orlando. These are the visual chapters of sally potters enchanting third feature orlando.
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