Jude (1996) - Michael Winterbottom

IMDB Link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116722/

IMDB Rating: 6.9/10

Director: Michael Winterbottom

In adapting Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure," the screenwriter, Hossein Amini, and the director, Michael Winterbottom, have dropped the obscurity from the title, but the Jude who remains (played by Christopher Eccleston) still looks as dour and defeated as any reader of Hardy could wish. The movie is in fact remarkably true to the darkness and chafing disgust of the novel, and that fidelity is where the problem lies. Jude, the stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar, is mired in failure from the start; even as you respect the picture for its earth-toned palette and its bestial pain, you know that any dramatic momentum will lead nowhere. As a result, the bond of love between Jude and Sue (Kate Winslet) seems more like an endurance trial, or the difficult rapport of a brother and sister. She chatters and smokes as if she were a free spirit of the nineteen-twenties; he looks trapped in the old century. There is much to admire here, almost nothing to enjoy. But the picture needs to be seen, not least for the skill with which Winterbottom frames the swift, unmitigated horror of the climax.

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CD1
File size: 699Mb | Dimensions: 604 x 370
Video: 1609kbps XviD | Audio: 96kb/s mp3

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File size: 698Mb | Dimensions: 604 x 370
Video: 1410kbps XviD | Audio: 96kb/s mp3

Running time: 123 mnutes (total)
Language: English (no subs)