Merchant/Ivory

[ironymaiden]

What it says on the tin. I didn't realize they had been working together professionally since the mid-60s, but the real shocker was that Ivory is from Klamath Falls Oregon! Also their screenwriter (who I always thought was south asian) was actually a Holocaust refugee from Germany who met her Indian husband in England.
Now I feel like I should catch up on more of their films

Comments

[oursin]

I enjoyed Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's novels back in the 70s/80s or so when they were coming out: haven't recently revisited them so am hesitant to recommend without doing so.

[ironymaiden]

I'm curious about them, I don't read much literary fiction these days. Do you remember a particular favorite?

[oursin]

Hmmmm: Heat and Dust, I think.

[varina8]

That's fascinating about Ivory. I think I will need to try to catch this. It looks like it has distribution.

[annofowlshire]

Ooh. This sounds interesting.

Also, maybe it's weird to say this but there's something really comforting and normal to see you doing your SIFF updates again.

[ironymaiden]

>comforting and normal
same for me. I realized this is the first proper one since 2019