Imposition studio review
The London-based studio began making films in 1934, but the company came into its own in the late 1950s through the early 1970s with a series Gothic horror and fantasy movies that featured classical monsters such as Christopher Lee’s Dracula and Peter Cushing’s Dr.
IMPOSITION STUDIO REVIEW FULL
21 with a day full of Hammer Films horror movies. If you need a little help getting into the Halloween mood, Turner Classic Movies is there for you on Thursday, Oct. While Jean is out on a campaign, Jaques seduces or rapes Marguerite, depending on whose version of the story you want to believe.Ĭhristopher Lee, Suzan Farmer, and Barbara Shelley in Dracula: Prince of Darkness / Hammer Films Thus a wedge is driven between the two men.Īfter some time, the two grudgingly bury the hatchet, but when Jacques notices the beautiful Marguerite, he must have her. Jean, who is also struggling financially, wanted this land for himself as part of Marguerite’s dowry. Their friendship, however, goes awry when Jacques begins to accrue power as a confidant, emissary, and debt collector for party-boy Count Pierre (Ben Affleck) who views Jean as an oaf.īefore Jean marries Marguerite, Jacques coerces her father into trading a prime piece of land as payment for taxes he owes. Jean and Jacques are squires together in the King’s service, and they take turns saving the other on the battlefield.
I assume we are supposed to recognize Marguerite’s version as the closest to the truth since it comes last and is the most detailed. Each telling of the tale adds more information and a bit more perspective. We first see the story from Jean’s viewpoint, then Jaques’, and finally Marguerite’s. Those were just lucky byproducts if they happened to occur at all.
Very little of it had to do with love or true companionship. The unions were made to preserve, retain, or attain wealth as well as create heirs.
IMPOSITION STUDIO REVIEW MOVIE
Jodie Comer and Matt Damon in The Last Duel / 20th Century StudiosĪs we learned in World History or Western Civilization classes, the movie details how marriages of this age were more of a business deal between a man and his bride-to-be’s father than anything else.