Who talks of errors?
Only it might not be an error after all. There seems to be a point where the dialogue of a scene is awkwardly edited- slightly. Over all, I think that the way the text was adapted is simply amazing. So, this surprised me a bit.
During the scene between Jane and Mr. Rochester the morning after the proposal, Jane says: "I have observed in books written by men that period assigned as the furthest to which any husband's adour extends."
Mr. Rochester's line follows: "Distasteful! And like you again!"
This doesn't really make sense. It's taken right from the novel, only in the novel Jane continues to say that she hopes she will never be distasteful, and that he will one day come to like her again. And Mr. Rochester throws her words back.
My thought on this is, could it be that this scene was edited for television? I understand that such editing is extremely common. It really seems unlikely to me that the dialogue would be adapted so awkwardly. Any thoughts?
I always thought that was a bit off as well. If they did cut scenes like those (namely Rochester/Jane interactions) it would increase my desire for the BBC to formally release it, with deleted scenes, interviews with the cast, etc.
Or perhaps, the scriptwriter thought of it like this: Mr. Rochester thinks her comments are 'distasteful', and it is 'like' her to say them. But the way in which Jayston says that line doesn't really lead me to think that that was the way he meant them.
Re:Who talks of errors?
You're right about how it does make a sort of sense, but Jayston plays the line as it should be in the book- especially since we haven't seen Jane ever talking like that.
Despite all of the time that has elapsed... and how hopeless it all seems, I really do believe that it will be released someday. The 1930s version was released only recently, I think- or relatively recently, and it is considered to be the worst adaptation of Jane Eyre (although I find it charming). If it ever does get released, I fear that it won't be in its full length, or with any 'extras'. I have all but one of the films of JE now, and only one of them has any extras. That was the Gainsbourg/Hurt version (it had a featurette with interviews... I think the only exciting things were a few extra seconds showing the accident in Hay Lane while they were filming it. It looks better than the footage they used!)
...And I hear that version had several hours of footage that was never used. *sigh*
elizzanne Registered Member
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Re: Re:Who talks of errors?
I saw the 1997 Hurt version of Jane Eyre and came out of the theatre feeling totally lost and confused .I am not sure exactly what it was about that film but there was something really weird about how it was all shot with some kind of confusing music and too rushed scenes ..I went to see it with a professer friend of mine a man at that and he wrote to me on line ages after and said that he felt it was a let down to a litarary book .If I were to see that version as my first and interduction to Jane eyer I would roll my eyes up and say Victorians were crazy ...
I still love the 73 version . I cant imagine anything being as good as that for me ...fiona
Re: Re:Who talks of errors?
It's funny you should say that because that WAS the first version that I saw I liked it enough to read the book later, which started all of this. I'm grateful, but it's true that the film does some strange things with the story. I doesn't just alter it in the way other adaptations do, it changed the entire mood in some cases. I did actually read some JE criticism about films of JE and it listed all of the events which take place in the space of 5 minutes I think, starting from when Mr Mason breaks up the marriage- it took her a paragraph to list them all!
I liked it enough to read the book later, which started all of this. I'm grateful, but it's true that the film does some strange things with the story. I doesn't just alter it in the way other adaptations do, it changed the entire mood in some cases. I did actually read some JE criticism about films of JE and it listed all of the events which take place in the space of 5 minutes I think, starting from when Mr Mason breaks up the marriage- it took her a paragraph to list them all! 
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