{"id":24049,"date":"2020-12-22T07:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=24049"},"modified":"2020-12-18T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T15:39:22","slug":"little-women-new-stuff-tuesdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24049","title":{"rendered":"Little Women (New Stuff Tuesdays)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Since I saw this DVD version of the 2019 movie appear on the New Arrivals shelf, I knew I had to watch it, and how convenient that I can also review it for our devoted blog readers (both of you \ud83d\ude09 ) here! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend who’s a big fan of the book insisted that I read the book<\/a> first (I somehow missed out when I was a girl) and I’m very glad I had that fresh in my mind, both for the great pleasure of Alcott’s writing, and because this movie version is quite non-linear — it assumes watchers already know plenty of details about the story. There are so many jumps between 15-year-old Jo, 22-year-old Jo, and many ages in between, often with only a minute or two in each scene and sometimes with scarce cues in lighting or character age to differentiate the two — I’m thinking in particular of the sequence covering Beth’s illness and eventual death. But the jumps, while sometimes confusing, do still enhance the emotional impact of such scenes, so I can’t fault director Greta Gerwig too much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond that, I loved everything about this movie! The cozy family scenes are just as heartwarming as you’d want them to be — the cinematography and costuming are lush and gorgeous — the actresses are all believable in bringing to life the author’s intention. Jo’s tension between relationship fulfillment and writing genius are perhaps heightened a bit more in this modern feminist retelling than in the book (does <\/em>Jo actually marry in the end or not, in this version!?), but Gerwig knows her audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highly recommended, and I think over the winter break, I might have to go watch some earlier movie versions of this classic, just for comparison and the sheer pleasure of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little Women
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