George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002) is an hour-long documentary about the great Victorian novelist. The movie is directed by Mary Downes. This is a BBC film, added as an extra to the movie Silas Marner (1985).
Rather than show us talking heads, the film is narrated, and the events the narrator mentions are shown to us on the screen. Some events are written for this movie. Some are clips from the various BBC productions of George Eliot's novels.
Harriet Walter portrays Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot in this biopic. One of the great facts of the life of Mary Ann Evans was that she was "plain." Actually, Dame Harriet isn't plain. However, she's a great actor, so with talent and makeup, she can appear plain.
Saying "I learned quite a lot from this movie" can mean "Don't watch it; it's dull." People--including me--want entertainment, not just facts. However, these facts are important if you care about literature, and they are presented in an entertaining and enlightening way.
The movie was made for television, so it worked well on the small screen. It has a strong IMDb rating of 7.6. I thought it was even better than that, and rated it 9.
Rather than show us talking heads, the film is narrated, and the events the narrator mentions are shown to us on the screen. Some events are written for this movie. Some are clips from the various BBC productions of George Eliot's novels.
Harriet Walter portrays Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot in this biopic. One of the great facts of the life of Mary Ann Evans was that she was "plain." Actually, Dame Harriet isn't plain. However, she's a great actor, so with talent and makeup, she can appear plain.
Saying "I learned quite a lot from this movie" can mean "Don't watch it; it's dull." People--including me--want entertainment, not just facts. However, these facts are important if you care about literature, and they are presented in an entertaining and enlightening way.
The movie was made for television, so it worked well on the small screen. It has a strong IMDb rating of 7.6. I thought it was even better than that, and rated it 9.
