We had found a pile of old Sunday Times Culture magazines and Karen glanced through before binning them, and came across Camilla Long’s original 2015 review. In some shock, she said, ‘She prefers it to the Julie Christie version (aka John Schlesinger version / 1967 version / Terence Stamp version).
‘Impossible!’ I said.
‘Let’s watch it again to see.’
So we did. The review follows here. The 2015 film got a rough ride from Hardy fans and John Schlesinger fans. In retrospect (third viewing) it’s better than I remembered. In particular the balance between the characters has altered which helps the story.
SEE: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015) follow the link.
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