[Vwoolf] Reviews of Vita and Virginia

Fri Jul 12 16:44:32 EDT 2019

Hi Sarah,

Sorry for the delayed response. I am glad that the reviews are useful. It sounds as though the film-bashing was justifiable! I stumbled on one more review (it’s on RawStory: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/story-of-writer-virginia-woolfs-wild-affair-hits-the-big-screen/). It’s infested with adverts, but it’s worth reading given sentences like these:

“Their love shocked and scandalised the English upper classes — two married women conducting an affair in front of their husbands.
What is more, the novel that came out of their tempestuous relationship changed literature forever.”
Vara
Vara Neverow
Professor, English and Women’s Studies
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Southern Connecticut State University
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From: "Sarah M. Hall" <smhall123 at yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 3:42 AM
To: vwoolf listserve <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>, Vara Neverow <neverowv1 at southernct.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Reviews of Vita and Virginia

Thanks, Vara, this is really helpful.

In films or plays about real people you get used to the departures from reality, so I made a determined effort to ignore these and enjoyed the scenery and the costumes and, frankly, the well-recreated sets (all except Knole, which is gloriously real). But what didn't make dramatic sense is to have Vita's mother in residence at Knole instead of her father (who doesn't appear and isn't even mentioned). If Lionel is meant to be prematurely deceased, why hasn't Knole been bestowed on a male heir?

On Wednesday, 10 July 2019, 18:55:19 BST, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

Greetings.

I've pasted in below the official UK trailer of Vita and Virginia and various links to reviews of the film.

Best,

Vara

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VITA AND VIRGINIA | Official UK Trailer [HD] | In Cinemas July 5<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvJzT1xawcUU&data=02%7C01%7Cneverowv1%40southernct.edu%7C0d4bdf66bfdc4b35ec5a08d705d3423f%7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67%7C0%7C0%7C636984277232250524&sdata=W83l9u%2FrYkV9ZdVpA6%2FU5dTk9HK7h0s0sFLh5g4ZoHQ%3D&reserved=0>
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RELEASE DATE: 5th July 2019 DIRECTOR: Chanya Button STARRING: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini Based on a true story, VITA & VIRGINIA details the passionate relationship between literary trailblazer Virginia Woolf (Elizabeth Debicki), and enigmatic aristocrat Vita Sackville-West (Gemma Arterton). When their paths cross ...

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theartsdesk.com
Vita and Virginia review - more Gloomsbury than Bloomsbury A new treatment of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West's 1920s love affair misses the mark
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The past is a foreign country in Vita & Virginia. I suggest you visit with a guide, a group and a phonetic dictionary. There are rules and etiquettes in 1920s England. Everyone speaks madly posh ...
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“I hate being badly dressed; but I hate buying clothes,” Virginia Woolf once wrote. It’s a very modern sentiment with which anyone wandering round Westfield on a Saturday trying to find ...

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On 3 August 1922, Virginia Woolf recorded in her diary that she had been struggling with her writing. As she resolved to work more methodically, to combine her active social life with the ...

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Despite Elizabeth Debicki and Gemma Arterton’s best efforts, Chanya Button’s film fails to spark

Vara Neverow
Department of English
Southern Connecticut State University
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