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[aconissa]

I made a hoop in honour of E. M. Forster’s Maurice 🌼 Because the novel positively depicted love between men it was not published until 1971, a year after Forster’s death. His signature is stitched in light blue, and the flowers are evening primroses which feature in the final scene of the book.

[oldfilmsflicker]

ICYMI: MAURICE is on Criterion Channel right now

[hayaomiyazaki]

MAURICE (1987) dir. James Ivory

[almaviva90]

The top 10 Merchant Ivory films – ranked!

Ahead of the re-release of Heat and Dust, we apply a social pecking order to the duo’s best movies that had James Ivory as director and Ismail Merchant producing

@expo63 !!!

[missholson]

Post ‘ten’ gifs from your favourite movies without revealing their titles.

Thank you @expo63 for this inspiring tag post! It was fun to do, but rather difficult (when I ended up using only faces without words). There are 16 movies on my ‘ten’ list. :) I also tag anyone who fancies doing this. Enjoy!

[fermencja]

‘What a solid young citizen he looked - quiet, honourable, prosperous without vulgarity. On such does England rely. Was it conceivable that on Sunday last he had nearly assaulted a boy?’

(…) 

He had been brooding in an ill-conditioned way… 

( ‘Maurice’, by E. M. Forster)

The bitter irony and sadness of these lines always hit me hard when I listen to Peter Firth’s adaptation of the novel… 

These words refer to the ‘Dickie incident’, which was eventually excluded from the film (though of course we can see it in the deleted scenes). Nevertheless, the above picture of James seems an adequate illustration of Maurice’s state of mind at that time.

[merindab]

expo63 replied to your photo “Native is available for preorder on iTunes! Available on the 11th. ...”

It’s been on Amazon/iTunes/etc since Feb in the UK, but I guess this news means America! :))))

Yup new for the US and Canada

[moviestorian]

Hello! 42, 62, 64.

Hi! 

Thank you so much for these ;)

42.Do you think that Valentine is Ross’ or George’s son?

Wohoho, that’s a question! Obviously, it can’t be said for sure, and the show handled the whole Valentine’s parentage quite awfully and in a ridiculous way. I know that him being Ross’ child is the more popular theory, and I don’t reject that interpretation, but at the same time I think Valentine being George’s son would be actually a nice twist - for many years majority of people have questioned Warleggan’s paternity, and then bang! Turns out Valentine is actually George’s child. I mean, in XVIII/XIX century it would be impossible to 100% prove who’s the father, and Graham left many hints indicating Valentine may be Ross’ son (while Debbie is not very subtle in her storytelling, I think it’s pretty clear she’s for the Ross Theory).

In short: I think Ross’ parentage is more plausible considering the narratives in Poldark, but I’d personally prefer the less likely version, which is the George Theory.

62.What is your favourite of all Demelza’s songs?

Currently it’s a tie between “I d’pluck a fair rose” and “Life is short but love is long”.

64.Drake or Sam?

Another tough question, because I’m almost equally indifferent about both of them and honestly couldn’t care less about their storyline. Forgive me if it sounds blount, but they have very little personality for me. But if I were to chose, I’d probably go for Drake.

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