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A ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation as shallow as a puddle glittering in the sun
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation highlights campy mid-century costumes and explicit scenes, cutting the novel in half and dividing audiences over its focus on cinematic history.
- Reimagining Wuthering Heights, Fennell's third film, due for release Friday, trims the novel's first half and emphasizes cinematic style over period accuracy, polarizing audiences.
- Fennell revived mid-20th-century cinematic conventions, circulating a thick visual reference book from Gone with the Wind to Donkey Skin and rejecting 1847 period fidelity.
- Jacqueline Durran, costume designer, built dozens of mid-century looks, with Margot Robbie’s Cathy wearing 50 costumes echoing 1939 screen fashions and glossy sensory motifs like eggs and raindrops.
- Polarized reactions since the trailer have reignited adaptation debates, with critics comparing Wyler's 1939 film and warning Brontë societies may object.
- This approach positions design and citation as storytelling drivers, emphasizing cinematic history over period fidelity, as Fennell states her film is more about style than the 1847 novel.
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A ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation as shallow as a puddle glittering in the sun
To stand even a chance at enjoying Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” you must let it wash over you. It’s all designed to sit slickly on the surface, never going more than skin deep.
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