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Women in Love [VHS] [1969]

VHS ~ Alan Bates
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden, Eleanor Bron
  • Directors: Ken Russell
  • Format: PAL, Colour
  • Language English
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 21 Jun 1993
  • Run Time: 125 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CKBF
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,425 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Before director Ken Russell's name became synonymous with cinematic extravagance and overkill, he actually directed what is one of the most passionate and involving adaptations of DH Lawrence in recent memory. Oliver Reed and Alan Bates star as friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters (Jennie Linden and Glenda Jackson, who won an Oscar for the role). But the relationships take markedly different directions, as Russell explores the nature of commitment and love. Bates and Linden learn to give themselves to each other; the more withdrawn Reed cannot, finally, connect with the demanding and challenging Jackson. Shot with great sensuality, Women in Love was surprisingly frank for its period (1970) and includes one of the most charged scenes in movie history: Bates and Reed as manly men, wrestling nude by firelight. --Marshall Fine

Synopsis
D.H. Lawrence's classic story of two intense relationships, set against the background of a small colliery town.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy The Region 1 release for Ken's commentary, 16 Aug 2004
By Paul Sutton "Paul Sutton" (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women In Love [DVD] [1969] (DVD)
The five stars is for the film, but the DVD itself only rates as a 3. The picture quality is superb and in the correct non-anamorphic ratio, but, as usual, British customers have been stuffed because the disc released in Britain has been shorn of the extras available on the American Region 1 disc. The British disc does not have the commentary by Ken Russell; it does not have the commentary by the screenwriter, Larry Kramer; and it does not have the excellent photo gallery containing many previously unpublished photographs from the set.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely authentic feeling adaption of the tragi-romance, 16 Feb 2008
By Lou Knee (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women In Love [DVD] [1969] (DVD)
This is a nice film, satisfying in so many ways, even if the sad conclusion is anything but, but that's the nature of romantic tragedy. This is Oliver Reed's finest film performance (apart from maybe Gladiator), and must be Ken Russell's best movie bar none. Good authentic adaption of DHL, a writer whose works often arouse strong emotions one way or another. In fact human emotion is often the main focus of all his works, rather than the more overt themes of class, or raw passion. This film has a lovely period feel to it, is very intimate in its portrayal of the relationships between people with different personalities and feelings, and it distills the mood or essence of DHL perfectly, including clear undertones of misogyny. If you're prepared for a slightly more detached and arty kind of romantic drama then this film is for you. More emotionally engaging than it may look, with its emphasis on the visual rather than the dramatic, as always with Russell. But what saves this becoming a mere art piece is a great piece of acting from Jackson in particular, but also a deep and broodingly memorable performance by Reed, which was probably coaxed out of him by his great drinking partner, Russell.
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15 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars For fans of the book, 14 Dec 2004
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This review is from: Women In Love [DVD] [1969] (DVD)
This is a film that now looks unfortunately dated but it still has something to offer fans of Lawrence. I had a love/hate relationship with the book and so was desperate to see the film. It gave me a better understanding of the characters and their motivations which, in the book, seemed quite unreal and strange at times but make more sense when you see them acted.
Great performances from the whole cast, especially Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed, although both characters are jarringly annoying (as I suspect they are intended to be).
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