Oh, my God darlings....the pillbox hats, the muted lighting, the Cecil Beaton style wallpaper, the table lamps on white linen tablecloths with dim lighting that women wearing camel hair coats flock to.....all these details, the Fifties glamour that some of us--ME, darlings!!!!!!!--still yearn for, are being poured by Todd Haynes into his new film, "Carol." Considering what a job he did on "Far From Heaven," I have GOT to see this one, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First of all, it has Cate Blanchett, playing a Fifties suburban matron. She is one of those actresses, like Julianne Moore, who can convincingly pull that off. This film also has Rooney Mara, doing a dead on Audrey Hepburn, Fifties ingenue impersonation, that is also convincing.
And, like "Far From Heaven," "Carol" involves a social scandal that was verboten in its time, but just fine for today. Like Julianne and her Black gardener in the earlier film, Cate and Rooney are trapped here in a love that dare not speak its name.
But who cares, darlings, when everything looks so gorgeous??????? Look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding to all this, the film comes with an excellent pedigree!!!!!!!!!!!! It is based on the novel "The Price Of Salt," which was something of a scandal in its time. I mean, shades of Lillian Hellman!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A writer named Claire Morgan, but who really was Patricia Highsmith, published this, back in 1952, under a pseudonym originally, because it was felt the book would mar her reputation. More people--and I am one--know the book as "The Price Of Salt"--a title I felt should have been kept--though it has been published as "Carol" over the years, as well.
I can't tell you how the quality of the film is, as I have not seen it, yet. But, my beloved and I are so anxious to!!!!!!!!! I can tell you, we will be wearing our fur coats and white gloves and pillbox hats when we go! Then we will go for a hair appointment with Ariette, and then to tea at the St. Regis!!!!!!!!!!
See you there, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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