![]() Wilde, the more serious author of the brilliant “The Critic as Artist,” an essay in the form of a dialogue, is never allowed to be much of anything. I don’t mean to imply that Oscar isn’t a witty and entertaining fellow indeed, he’s so much of one under Parker’s guidance that he’s never allowed to be anything else for long. In Connolly’s terms, it was a bit like going from Oscar to Oscar plus Wilde and then back to Oscar again. I’ve seen An Ideal Husband, writer-director Oliver Parker’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play, twice - once before reading the original and once after. ![]() The poor can think of nothing else.‘”Ĭonnolly goes on to explain, “ When I think of ‘Oscar,’ it is against a background of servants, of butlers announcing him and footmen with salvers, of a hansom cab hired by the day, the driver nodding under his tarpaulin while Wilde and Bosie display far into the night.” ‘There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. In some cases he is both: thus The Soul of Man Under Socialism in places seems almost inspired it is a breath of fresh air in which the idealistic aspects of Socialism (or Christian Democracy) have seldom been so well expressed - in his denunciation of private property for example. “ Wilde is Wilde in these essays and seldom ‘Oscar,'” Connolly noted with justifiable admiration. Reviewing a collection of Oscar Wilde’s critical writings almost 30 years ago, Cyril Connolly made a useful distinction between “Wilde” and “Oscar,” the two sides of the same man. With Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, John Wood, Lindsay Duncan, Peter Vaughan, and Jeroen Krabbe. Like? Rate and Review. Have a question? Leave us a comment.From the Chicago Reader (June 25, 1999). Bafta nominee for Adapted Screenplay, Costumes and Makeup. ![]() Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1999įilm within the context of year it’s been released:įestivals: Closing film of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.Īwards: Golden Globe nominee best actor (Rupert Everett) and best actress (Julianne Moore). The first film released post Cate’s first Oscar nomination for Elizabeth(1998).“It is not the perfect, but rather the imperfect who have need of love”.“When one pays a visit, it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time and not one’s own”.“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance”.Northam and Blanchett in An Ideal Husband This is a podcast that celebrates actresses so this time we celebrate Julianne Moore Chris’ favourite actor.Could it have been on this set that someone said to Cate, “I’m the star of this film, not you,” an anecdote she shared last year? We speculate with no evidence.Lindsay Duncan’s brief but delicious turn as Lady Markby, Mrs.Why was he the only one of the 5 not to make the poster? Cate plays someone who is completely and utterly in love with Northam that she made me re-examine my feelings about him.Which begs the question where is Jeremy Northam now? First lead for Everett post My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), Driver post Oscar nom for Good Will Hunting (1997), Moore post Boogie Nights (1997), Jeremy Northam post Emma (1996) and Cate post Elizabeth (1998). Looking back it’s interesting to see what happened to their careers since. Ripley, this film cast 5 actors showing lots of promise or just after their big break. Rupert Everett with Blanchett in An Ideal Husband Their scene together is a highligh and makes great use of pronouncing the word “detest”. They are in direct opposition to each other. Cate is an uncompromising good person while Julianne plays the mischievous meddler.Writer and director Parker re-worked Oscar Wilde’s play by cutting Mrs Chevely’s (Moore) part and beefing up Mabel (Driver).Mostly a fun watch because of the actors.Does the film succeed in preserving Oscar Wilde’s wit from the stage play?.Metacritic: 67 RT: 85 Blanchett and Moore in An Ideal Husband Lady Chiltren, an uncompromising woman married and in love with the ideal husband (or one of them).īox Office: Domestic = $18,542,974 Int’l = unavailable Starring Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett and Jeremy Northam. LOL imdb.īased on the play by Oscar Wilde, adpted and directed by Oliver Parker. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify / iHeartįrom imdb: London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women. For this episode Murtada welcomes back Chris Feil, host of This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, to discuss the film, whether it retains the wit of its author Oscar Wilde and the performances of Cate, Julianne, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett and Jeremy Northam. Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore, two actresses linked in our minds as the muses of Todd Haynes, have only shared scenes on screen in 1999’s An Ideal Husband.
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