I confess I have not read Virginia Wolf's novel and therefore cannot judge whether the film though very thin on plot and substance is at least faithful to the book.
This idea that an eternal being can almost not develop at all just because he/she is mostly bound to a huge house, is very weak.
Clearly the theme of an eternal being is very tough to treat, especially in a film - consider that such a being could spend 100 years studying, say, ants, and not mind at all given the infinite amount of time available. Because of this it may be that an eternal being would develop slowly anyway, from a human point of view - house or not.
However once one puts aside the weakness and relative emptiness of the plot, one does have to recognize that the film is aesthetically stunning, very beautifully filmed. Worth seeing if only for that.
Antoine
This idea that an eternal being can almost not develop at all just because he/she is mostly bound to a huge house, is very weak.
Clearly the theme of an eternal being is very tough to treat, especially in a film - consider that such a being could spend 100 years studying, say, ants, and not mind at all given the infinite amount of time available. Because of this it may be that an eternal being would develop slowly anyway, from a human point of view - house or not.
However once one puts aside the weakness and relative emptiness of the plot, one does have to recognize that the film is aesthetically stunning, very beautifully filmed. Worth seeing if only for that.
Antoine