It& #39;s #WorldGothDay, so here& #39;s a thread on how my favourite gothic mansion in literature has been depicted in film.
1943 Thornfield.
Pros: Black and white, gloomy and dramatic. You can almost touch the cobwebs. Bay windows, arches, candelabra galore.
Cons: Comes with Orson Welles. It& #39;s actually in America.
Shot in: 20th century Fox studios.
Pros: Black and white, gloomy and dramatic. You can almost touch the cobwebs. Bay windows, arches, candelabra galore.
Cons: Comes with Orson Welles. It& #39;s actually in America.
Shot in: 20th century Fox studios.
1970 Thornfield.
Pros: Great exteriors. Great fireplace. Those faded late 60s / early 70s colours have a certain gloomy charm.
Cons: Comes with George C. Scott. The abomination that is Rochesterâs armchair.
Shot in: Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire.
Pros: Great exteriors. Great fireplace. Those faded late 60s / early 70s colours have a certain gloomy charm.
Cons: Comes with George C. Scott. The abomination that is Rochesterâs armchair.
Shot in: Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire.
1983 Thornfield.
Pros: Comes with Timothy Dalton. The corner of the garden in the proposal scene looks dreamy.
Cons: Tight shots make it suffocating. Sometimes it looks like the interior of an 80s furniture shop. Needs more gothic.
Shot in: Deene Park, Northamptonshire.
Pros: Comes with Timothy Dalton. The corner of the garden in the proposal scene looks dreamy.
Cons: Tight shots make it suffocating. Sometimes it looks like the interior of an 80s furniture shop. Needs more gothic.
Shot in: Deene Park, Northamptonshire.
2006 Thornfield.
Pros: Great exteriors.
Cons: Meh. Needs more gloom.
Shot in: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.
Pros: Great exteriors.
Cons: Meh. Needs more gloom.
Shot in: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.
2011 Thornfield.
Pros: Exquisitely shot, supremely gothy. Best fire scene. Looks like it& #39;s full of secret corridors. Perfect.
Cons: None.
Shot in: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.
Pros: Exquisitely shot, supremely gothy. Best fire scene. Looks like it& #39;s full of secret corridors. Perfect.
Cons: None.
Shot in: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.
Which one is the best Thornfield? *I can only add 4 options, so leaving George C. Scott& #39;s out.