TV Alert: The 1996 film adaptation of Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, and Toni Collette, will air at 10:00 pm tonight on Turner Classic Movies.
On a side note, I have no idea when they started including movies from the 90's on TCM. As much as I love Austen adaptations, I really don't think they should be playing this film on this channel. I haven't felt this way since I heard Nirvana on what used to be a "classic rock" station! I just hope TCM doesn't go the way of AMC...
Monday, January 07, 2008
Tonight on TCM
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PBS is doing the complete Jane Austen over the next few months on Masterpiece Theater. My local station in MD said that it is beginning next Sunday the 13th @ 9pm. I think Emma is first. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/index.html
Thanks Jennifer! I was actually just about to write a post on that...
I agree that they shouldn't play Emma on TCM, as it's by no means a film people will study in film school for years to come, but I don't have a problem with them showing more modern stuff. As long as it can already be considered a classic, I think it's fine. Things like Schlinder's List, Blade Runner, Star Wars. But yet, it will be awful if it turns into AMC...
Hi Zoe,
I agree that "modern classics" are allowable, but it is such a slippery slope that I would like to see them stick to more stringent criteria. Very few movies over 20 years old belong on this channel!
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