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| Genre | Drama |
| Format | Multiple Formats, AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Martin Scorsese, Richard E. Grant, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 18 minutes |
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Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar(r)-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (1989 Best Actor, My Left Foot), Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 1870s. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite May Welland (Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quiet complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE is a spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces
- Item model number : IMG6913DVD
- Director : Martin Scorsese
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : December 7, 2010
- Actors : Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Richard E. Grant, Miriam Margolyes
- Studio : Image Entertainment
- ASIN : B004499LWG
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #13,118 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,347 in Drama DVDs
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Martin Scorsese had directed New York based films which overflowed with cinematic technique and bad to the bone violence such as "Mean Streets", "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas".
Day Lewis and Scorsese worked together for the first time here in "Age of Innocence", in the rarified air of late 19th century New York high society and the fabled "400", present not by name but in spirit.
The violence in "The Age of Innocence" is of the emotional and societal variety but it is nonetheless soul killing.
If viewers and critics were surprised by the choice of material for the first Day Lewis- Scorsese collaboration, the result is nonetheless dazzling and perfectly rendered in every respect. Some of cinematographer Michael Ballhaus's images could be enlarged and framed in museum galleries of the period.
Add the spot-on performance of Miriam Margolyes as the grandmother of the two main female characters, played with exquisitely calibrated gesture, suggestion and suppressed emotion by Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, and you experience acting of the highest order. Mingott rules New York society in a manner befitting an empress and everyone, most especially her family, curries her favor.
Day Lewis's performance is one of his most measured and interior. Much is not said, only inferred. His behavioural gestures are perfectly wrought yet they convey a sense of deep longing which can never be acted upon.
Michelle Pfeiffer's performance is perhaps the best of her underappreciated career, We never for a moment fail to recognize that here is a person yearning to break free of the social constraints that bind her to a loveless marriage. Further complicating matters is the fact that her kindred spirit is married to her cousin, which fatally compromises any possible love between the two.
Joanne Woodward's off screen narration provides flawless guidance to the audience. Through her irony inflected vocal precision, we are lead across a gorgeous but sterile and implacable world. Before seeing this film, especially in our nouveau gilded age, we may have envied the plutocrats. Afterwards we will have our reservations.
"The Age of Innocence", written by protofeminist and social critic Edith Wharton , was published in 1920, A century later, it continues to intrigue and move us.
Though American in manufacture, this disc is a British import, watchable only on region B players or on region free players such as the Sony BDP-S1700.
The performances are fabulous. Daniel Day Lewis rarely disappoints -- I can't think of any of his work that can't be deemed very, VERY good to extraordinary -- and he is close to perfection as Archer.
Newland Archer -- what a character Wharton created. One can pity him, find him eminently attractive as a young man, find abhorrent his subterfuges, admire his ambitions and stabs to be a truly good man, empathize with his fantasies, and hold him responsible for not being clear enough in examining his own mind and heart. And, amongst all this, the stifling nature of his position, of the society around him, of the strictures, rules, and mores of the time and place leads to, throughout the story, a clear and sympathetic appreciation for the dynamics of Archer as a human struggling. The elements of Life and the world he is in, the one he knows, the suffocation and oppression of his life imprisons his soul and dashes his very human needs -- no, NOT just that!.... It's in his need for personality and intellectual compatibility, which (trying for no spoilers here) he discovers too late, that make him tragic.
All of the minor characters play their roles wonderfully, believably, including some of the smallest roles. Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder's performances are some of their best work.They live their roles, and play them out, with nuance -- there is so much unspoken feeling, thought, need, and agenda in these characters, and these women especially get it right, with a look, a tone of voice, the delivery of a brief line. The sadness, hopes, sensitivity and poignancy of the Countess is expressed by Pfeiffer more completely than in any other of her roles, IMHO. She is a mixture of cynicism and vulnerability as drawn by Wharton. The limited, far too NON-intellectual May Welland is played so well by Ryder. The character of May, with those too shallow depths of mind and personality, is pitiable. Then, when one can see (so subtly revealed by Scorsese and Wharton both, until one big, dramatic, statement at the end) that May has powerful instincts and sensitivity for and about Archer, the character joins the Countess in exhibiting stronger emotional responsibility than most of the male characters.
One could applaud so many of the actors and actresses individually -- just watch the film, then watch a second time when you want to, and note how each 19th C. character comes alive, even in parts that have few lines. One notable -- Robert Sean Leonard, who appears in a brief but important role near the end, plays extraordinarily nicely, precisely, a well-written part that helps the audience jump the decades easily.
The production values are incredibly fine. This film could be used as a tutorial in filmmaking education anywhere and everywhere. Sets, costumes, lighting, cinematography, editing -- more and more impressive upon each viewing. The Bernstein music is gorgeous, subtle, and precisely appropriate background. The use of natural light, or the creation of what lighting was best, is throat-tightening and eye-stinging in the beauty of it all. The way the film was shot, the tiny details, the lovely images, the subtlety of the acting -- thank you, thank you, Mr. Scorsese.
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It’s always been a film which rewards multiple viewings, simply because Scorcese loads it with such imagery, changes style so often and yet manages to keep control of Wharton’s story (from memory, the film is quite accurate to the book) and the production design, costumes and performances from Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfieffer and Winona Ryder work well, anchoring the audience to the characters and the world they inhabit. The new blu-ray picture quality is very good and more than brings out the rich visuals of the film, from its colour to all the details of set design the film is loaded with.
Like the book, it’s the richness of detail and the ways in which the film can be looked at which give it value, as on one hand when you’ve seen one love triangle film you may feel you’ve seen them all. But that’s not all the film is really about, and so you can watch it and choose what to focus on sometimes.
The extras package is ok. There are interviews newly recorded in 2017 with director Martin Scorcese, writer Jay Cocks, production designer Dante Ferretti and costume designer Gabriella Pescucci, alongside a theatrical trailer and a 1993 HBO making of documentary. There’s also a booklet with an essay on the film. The disc extras run a little under two hours.
The film itself is a stunningly beautiful period drama directed by Martin Scorsese. The cinematography is breathtaking and the musical score is delightful. The voice over narration filling the audience in about the norms and rules of late 19th century NY high society is masterfully done with just the subtlest hint of irony.
However, it is the stellar performances of the cast that make the film what it is. The standout here is Michelle Pfeiffer as the scandalous Countess Olenska. She is drop dead gorgeous and one just wants to cheer her on when she does what's right for her even though it scandalizes the social hypocrites around her. Absolutely wonderful. DDL is perfect as ever, but I found it hard to warm to his character. In fact, at times I wanted to kick him and shake him for not finding the courage to break the rigid rules of society and follow his heart. Which is, I suppose, a compliment to the actor - his is a performance not easily forgotten. Also excellent is Winona Ryder. Hers is not an easy part and she plays it very well, the shift from lovely young innocent to poised and self-aware woman who knows she will have it her way is so subtle you hardly notice it when your sympathies change. The supporting cast is equally excellent. Siân Phillips is perfect as DDL's mother and I absolutely loved Miriam Margolyes who, with a scene stealing performance, provides some welcome moments of what could almost be called very gentle comic relief.
Absolutely gorgeous film. At 2 hous 13 minutes it's rather long and very slow throughout. Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon or a long quiet night in.


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