Please imagine the Kate Bush song playing while reading this post

[cupcake_goth]

Discussion about the upcoming movie adaptation of Wuthering Heights is really heating up over in Tumblr-land, and I, for one, am here for it. I respect the novel's place in the canon of gothic literature, but I don't feel the need to ever reread it. But the upcoming movie looks like it's going to be a gloriously unhinged trashfire, and I'm kinda looking forward to it.

A quote from the director, which gives you a good idea of what we're in for:

"When it came to making the film, Fennell, 39, said: "I wanted to make something that was the book that I experienced when I was 14".
She suggested that some of her risque additions are things she thought she had remembered from reading the book as a teenager -- but weren't actually in there when she returned to it. 
"It's where I filled in the gaps aged 14", she said with a smile, adding that making the film had allowed her to "see what it would feel like to fulfil my 14-year-old-wish, which is both good and bad".

 

I am kinda impressed that she was able to get a studio to give her money so she could do this.

Oh! And the costumes! MY GOD, THE COSTUMES.

Comments

[kore]

MY EYES

I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS

[cupcake_goth]

:: cackles ::

[solstice_lilac]

I am here in the comments to post this exact thing :D

[sistawendy]

I've worn things like that, which is a really bad sign.

[danabren]

That article was a wild ride.

[trystbat]

I've been working on a Snark Week post about this & so much of my commentary is just OMGWTFBBQ.

[solstice_lilac]

Nothing about this looks like Wuthering Heights. It's set in harsh moorland... and part of the plot is about the land and the families... oh, never mind. Haha. But I guess I'm on team whatever that reaction is.

[full_metal_ox]

But do bees recognize Cathy as royalty?

[cupcake_goth]

You win the internet for the day, because that was a thought already rattling around in my head! And let's be honest, aliens with levitation rollerblades would probably fit right in to this adaptation.

[staxxy]

I neeeeeed that white dress with the red embroidered overlay

[melchar]

Agreeing so much! OMG that is such a gorgeous dress!