Period Dramas....

Soooooooo I am huge into period dramas, no matter if it is film or television, but I want to start a thread to talk about our favorite..... No 12 year old boy posts about menstruation either....

 

um, taco, how does period dramas fit into the, "Film, Music, Literature, Art'" section? Shouldn't this be reposted in drama? And no offense but maybe title it something more creative like "Crimson _______" xo

 

because its television and film? please feel free to re read what i wrote before.

 

pe·ri·od dra·ma
noun
plural noun: period dramas

1. a television or film production set in a particular historical period and characterized by the use of costumes, sets, and props that are typical or evocative of the era.

 

oh, i took the title to mean something extremely different. Pardon, lol

 

i'm an idiot, whoopsie

 

Jane Eyre
Shakespeare in love
North and South
Gone with the wind
Titanic
Little Women (will always have a place in my heart)


Damn, I forgot about Braveheart. Thanks Philo!

 

I'm watching Frontier on Netflix now, it's rather good!

 

I'll have to look into it

 

The BBC series of 'Bleak house' and 'Pride and Prejudice'. Gillan Anderson's performance in 'Bleak House' as Lady Dedlock is hauntingly brilliant. As far as period drama movies go, then anything by Jane Campion is a must watch, two of my favourites being 'The Piano' and 'Bright Star'. 'House of Mirth' is another good one. I loved the book, which usually means I hate the film, but not in this case. I thought it was wonderful.

 

I don't know if you've heard of it, but another series that I've just finshed watching is 'Taboo'. I really enjoyed it. It's set in England in the early 1800's, towards the end of the American war for independence. It's quite dark and atmospheric, and raises issues like slavery and the role of the East India Company and the Crown in that. It's got Tom Hardy in it and also Oona Chaplin (Robb Stark' wife in GoT) Actually, when watching it with my friends, we'd play 'spot the GoT's'....there's loads of them in it!!

 

I have heard of it but I haven't looked into yet! I'll have to!

 

Awesome sauce!! I'm pretty sure that the BBC have just commisioned a second series, but that won't be aired until next year, so you've got loads of time to catch up

 

Have you, or anyone really watched Harlots on Hulu yet? That one looks good too!

 

No, I haven't....I can't say I've even heard of it. I will definitely check it out though

 

Okay, so I watched the first episode of 'Harlots' last night. I'm going to give the second episode a go, but I don't think I'm going to get on with it. I think I would have preferred it if it had a more gritty/realistic portrayal of the subject. To me, it veered more into spoof territoy at times. Also, I found the choice of music odd.....to the point of vexing. Just my thoughts.

 

Aw man!!! I'm going to give it a go tonight. I'll let you know my thoughts.

 

Rashomon is fantastic if you can handle it being in black & white and in Japanese.

 

i can get behind foreign

 

Foreign drama and cinema is vastly underappreciated by many in the west. Some of my favourite series and films have been foreign language

 

I would have to agree strongly