Universal wound up being the winner (or loser) by letting Hopper shoot this long-gestating project. From the ostentatious costumes by designer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor ("Wonder Boys") to the annoying male hairstyles that permeate every scene, "Vanity Fair" is a movie that depends on its overall. The peculiar quality of "Vanity Fair," which sets it aside from the Austen adaptations such as "Sense and Sensibility" and " Pride and Prejudice," is that it's not about very nice people.
Emma is so occupied with imagining the attributes of Frank Churchill before meeting him that she builds him up to deluded heights of perfection, but it's fun to watch her imagine and pine. Project Power has a nicely saturated, jittery visual language, an aesthetic that operates in concert with Tomlin's surprisingly discursive script, giving the film an actual grain of place-and. The strength of Vanity Fair is its essentially moral center.
Though Becky is determined to climb the social ladder, she sacrifices her relationship with her husband and her son on the altar of pursuit, and her self-centered attitude is ultimately not rewarded. The movie opens by introducing our two heroines, Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley, who are the best of friends. The novel has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. Nair's version made notable changes in the development of main character Becky Sharp, played by Reese Witherspoon. The film received several awards and nominations, including. In home improvement, a project that adds minimal value to the home (and may actually decrease home value) and is undertaken on the whims of the homeowner.
Trailer Vanity Project
Usually done by someone with too much money on their hands. A DIY project, no matter how odd, typically doesn't qualify as a vanity project if they actually work on it themselves. Most of us period drama aficionados have been brought up on a fairly one-sided menu of Austen, and as a consequence some will be shocked by "Vanity Fair", which is a whole different ball-game.
With Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I called them the day before New Years Eve on a whim and was able to get fit in on New Years Eve. The hero of a terrible action film realizes he's fictional and tries to escape with the help of a mysterious filmmaker. So yes, the film may be about vanity — but to call it a "vanity project" would be more than a little glib.