#the portrait of a lady

[flowerytale]

Henry James, from The Portrait of a Lady

[bnmxfld]

It has made me better, loving you.

Henry James / The Portrait of a Lady

[boleynecklace]

NICOLE KIDMAN in THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1996) dir. JANE CAMPION

[cinematicjourney]

The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | dir. Jane Campion

[kennethbrangh]

JOHN MALKOVICH in The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

[tygerland]

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)

[costumeloverz71]

Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) The Portrait Of A Lady (1996).

[rosepompadour]

There was always a little of the doll about her.

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881)

[augustheir]

Nicole Kidman and Martin Donovan in The Portrait of a Lady (1996) dir. Jane Campion

[catullus101]

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, 1908 edition

[flowerytale]

Henry James, from The Portrait of a Lady

[bnmxfld]

It has made me better, loving you.

Henry James / The Portrait of a Lady

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Portrait of a Lady (Jane Campion, 1996).

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Black dresses Round 1- Group C: Isabel Archer, The portrait of a lady (pics set) vs Lily Frankenstein, Penny dreadful (pics set)

[ofgreatart]

'If I like my cage...' "Freedom and fatherlessness have split the heroine into two disconnected halves — a partly factitious determination to be her own master, and a dark fascination with images of dominance and submission"

About Henry James & Jane Campion, The Portrait of a Lady

“What Isabel wants is to be initiated: even if it means being attracted to darkness.”

“According to Jane Campion, the key to the film and to the novel lies in Isabel’s psychology rather than in purely technical feats. She considers Alfred Habegger’s study as one of the best keys to Isabel, especially when he writes:

“Freedom and fatherlessness have split the heroine into two disconnected halves — a partly factitious determination to be her own master, and a dark fascination with images of dominance and submission.”

(Sophie Menoux: “We are all Isabel Archers” A “Bonne Femme” Conversation with Jane Campion and Laura Jones)

“You were the last person I expected to see caught.”

“I don’t know why you call it caught.”

“Because you’re going to be put into a cage.”

“If I like my cage, that needn’t trouble you,” she answered.”

… “You must have changed immensely. A year ago you valued your liberty beyond everything. You wanted only to see life.”

“I’ve seen it,” said Isabel. “It doesn’t look to me now, I admit, such an inviting expanse.”

“I don’t pretend it is; only I had an idea that you took a genial view of it and wanted to survey the whole field.”

“I’ve seen that one can’t do anything so general. One must choose a corner and cultivate that.”

“That’s what I think. And one must choose as good a corner as possible.”

Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, Chapter 34

Film: Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman

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