1/6/2023 0 Comments Wuthering heights 1992 movieAnother great virtue of this film version is that, unlike many other movie adaptations of this enigmatic novel, it covers the whole story, rather than stopping at the death of Catherine. ![]() As the tormented and cruel Heathcliff, Ralph Fiennes is credibly dark. The bewitchingly beautiful Juliette Binoche plays both Catherine Earnshaw and her daughter Cathy Linton and one can imagine why a man would go mad for love of such a woman. A notable strength of director Peter Kosminsky's work is its casting. One other criticism: the dance scene is not in the novel and is incongruous because the Grange does not do entertaining. ![]() It is a faithful adaptation in terms of both narrative and language but, although it is filmed in North Yorkshire, both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are represented as much larger and grander than I had imagined them. ![]() Only recently have I got round to reading the Emily Bronte classic of 1847 and, having finished it, I immediately wanted to view this 1992 British film version.
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