Wuthering Heights Has Torn the Independent’s Culture Desk Apart
Fennell’s adaptation focuses on class and betrayal, with Cathy marrying for money, having an affair, then dying from sepsis after a miscarriage, marking a stark change from the original novel.
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Wuthering Heights has torn the Independent’s culture desk apart
Are you currently distrusting your friends and loved ones due to their feelings about Emerald Fennell’s garish bodice-ripper? Then you are not alone! Here at ‘The Independent’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ has left us more divided than ever. So, in the interest of healing, we asked seven of our writers to explain their very heated feelings on it
'Wuthering Heights' Review: When Reinvention Becomes Erasure
Emerald Fennell’s films always seem to start a swarm of controversy and public discourse, and her adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights has only caused more heated conversation. The post ‘Wuthering Heights’ Review: When Reinvention Becomes Erasure appeared first on Feature First.
Why did Emerald Fennell rewrite Wuthering Heights' ending?
A Radical Reimagining, Not a Literal Translation The latest film adaptation takes a deliberately divergent approach to Emily Brontë’s novel, trimming and reshaping the story into a different emotional contour. Rather than reproducing the book’s full arc, the movie stops about halfway through the…
Warning: spoilers below. This week, the version of Borosque Summits directed by Emerald Fennell premiered in cinemas. The film stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as tragic lovers Catherine and Heathcliff, originally conceived in the same novel of 1847 written by Emily Brontë. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Fennell spoke about the adaptation process and admitted that he developed the story mainly from his memories of when he read…
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