Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

Robert Bierman

Escritores:

George Orwell (novel)
Alan Plater (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 agosto 1998 (USA)

Género:

Romance | Comedia

Plot:

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius...

Plot Keywords:

Poverty | Poet | Book Seller | Marriage | Writing

Comentarios de los usuarios:

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a book of poetry. For ever.

Reparto

Richard E. Grant	...	Gordon Comstock
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Rosemary
Julian Wadham	...	Ravelston
Jim Carter	...	Erskine
Harriet Walter	...	Julia Comstock
Lesley Vickerage	...	Hermione
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	...	Mrs. Wisbeach (as Barbara Leigh Hunt)
Liz Smith	...	Mrs. Meakin
John Clegg	...	McKechnie
Bill Wallis	...	Mr. Cheeseman
Lill Roughley	...	Mrs. Trilling
Dorothea Alexander	...	Old Woman
Peter Stockbridge	...	Old Man
Grant Parsons	...	Beautiful Young Man
Malcolm Sinclair	...	Paul Doring

También conocida como:

A Merry War (New Zealand: English title) (USA)
Comstock and Rosemary
Sólo por amor (Argentina) [es]
Una guerra feliz (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sex-related material.

Duración:

101 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Rankcolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | UK:PG (TV rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Compañía:

BBC Films

Errores:

Anacronismos: During a scene in the office, Rosemary is sitting at her desk talking to her boss. The light reflects off her glasses, giving off a green tinge, indicative of anti-reflective lenses - not invented during the time the movie takes place.

Citas:

Gordon Comstock: When you're lying in the gutter, you've got nowhere to fall.

Banda de Sonido:

Tiger in the Night

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a book of poetry. For ever.

I loved this film. It's much more cheerful than the book, but what's wrong with that? Artistic license can be a wonderful thing, and those who wanted it to be 1984 should go and watch 1984. When I watch this, I see Gordon Comstock engaged in a futile battle against his own intrinsic middle-classness. He's a pain at times and the film has endowed the character with more humour than he had in the book, probably so that the viewers understand why his friends don't just leave him to stew.

Grant is perfectly cast as Comstock, and keeps him just this side of bearable. Bonham Carter is equally perfect as Rosemary, the long-suffering girlfriend. Add in an excellent supporting cast and there you have it.

The soundtrack's beautiful, except for the song at the end which just shouldn't be there. The settings are stunning, as they rightly should be. All in all, it's a perfect, witty film and one I will never tire of.