• Daily Illinois
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
  • Covid-19
  • News
    • All
    • Business
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • World
    Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

    Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

    Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

    Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

    Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) greets President Donald Trump as he steps off Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, in March 2020.

    Trump Is Making Georgia All About Himself, And It Could Cost The GOP

    What to watch, what to bet this weekend

    What to watch, what to bet this weekend

    Using Blockchain Technology to Scale Climate Action

    Using Blockchain Technology to Scale Climate Action

    Chicago Teachers Union elects Stacy Davis Gates as new president, keeping CORE slate in power – Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Teachers Union elects Stacy Davis Gates as new president, keeping CORE slate in power – Chicago Tribune

    The second £20MILLION new Roller: This is the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail Pearl - the second of a trio of custom-made cars with a combined value of £60million

    Rolls-Royce’s £20M Boat Tail Pearl: The most expensive new car

    3 Tips To Help You Delegate Better In Your Business

    3 Tips To Help You Delegate Better In Your Business

    Asylum seekers hug near the US-Mexico border wall

    US judge blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions | Migration News

    Tesla boss Elon Musk blasts Biden, Democrats on Twitter

    Tesla boss Elon Musk blasts Biden, Democrats on Twitter

  • Science & Tech
    • All
    • Ai - Artificial Intelligence
    • Apps
    • Mobile
    Facebook Dating was a catastrophic failure — and I know why

    Facebook Dating was a catastrophic failure — and I know why

    Xiaomi Mi Band 7

    Xiaomi Mi Band 7 release date, images revealed

    Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

    Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

    The best cheap gaming headset deals May 2022

    The best cheap gaming headset deals May 2022

    More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here's how to get yours

    More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here’s how to get yours

    "No, I hear you. You're telling me that true 'synergy' can only be achieved through 'blue-sky thinking' and giving it '110 percent,' right?"

    5 major tech annoyances and how to fix them

    Lumen metabolic analyzer update 2

    Lumen metabolic analyzer iOS app gets updated macro tracker

    Saving money.

    Tech smarts: 5 silly ways you’re flushing money down the toilet

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    Norm Macdonald Recorded a New Netflix Comedy Special Before He Died

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

    Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

    A man, right, talks to a woman pouring herself a drink at a bar

    ‘Men’ ending explained: Birth, rebirth and what it means

    A man standing on the ceiling of an upside-down living room

    Harry Styles: Perfect boyfriend, pop star on ‘Harry’s House’

    Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

    Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

    Johnny Depp and Ellen Barkin in 1994.

    Ellen Barkin Recalls Johnny Depp’s Sex-Scratch Suspicion And Throwing Bottle

    Two people in black stand near a window.

    ‘Men’ explained: What inspired Alex Garland’s trippy horror

    A woman with tattoos on her arm places her chin in hand for photograph

    Dominican star Tokischa stirs controversy with explicit raps

    Joe Alwyn’s Nick on ‘Conversations With Friends’ Is TV’s Most Boring Character

    Joe Alwyn’s Nick on ‘Conversations With Friends’ Is TV’s Most Boring Character

    Eric Clapton catches COVID-19 after calling vaccine efforts a ‘mass psychosis’ – New York Daily News

    Eric Clapton catches COVID-19 after calling vaccine efforts a ‘mass psychosis’ – New York Daily News

    Mother of teen killed in Millennium Park mourns him as city’s new rules on minors there take effect – Chicago Tribune

    Mother of teen killed in Millennium Park mourns him as city’s new rules on minors there take effect – Chicago Tribune

    • F95zone
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    Adopting a dog after meeting my wife changed me

    Adopting a dog after meeting my wife changed me

    How Megan Fox Inspired ‘Good Mourning,’ Machine Gun Kelly’s Wild New Stoner Comedy With Pete Davidson

    How Megan Fox Inspired ‘Good Mourning,’ Machine Gun Kelly’s Wild New Stoner Comedy With Pete Davidson

    Illustration of a woman applying sunscreen

    14 heat safety tips for L.A. hiking during hot weather

    This Might Be Chromat’s Most Inclusive Swimwear Collection Yet

    This Might Be Chromat’s Most Inclusive Swimwear Collection Yet

    People urged to cook frozen fruit and vegetables because of Listeria findings

    People urged to cook frozen fruit and vegetables because of Listeria findings

    4 Best Casual Walking Sandals for Women in 2022

    4 Best Casual Walking Sandals for Women in 2022

    Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, is escorted in the courtroom in shackles, in Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022.

    Buffalo shooting suspect confronted in courtroom: ‘You’re a coward!’

    Biden’s tour of Asia is all about countering China

    Biden’s tour of Asia is all about countering China

    The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen

    The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen

    AAPI Designers Bringing Traditional Design to Modern Fashion

    AAPI Designers Bringing Traditional Design to Modern Fashion

33 °f
Chicago
35 ° Sat
35 ° Sun
35 ° Mon
37 ° Tue
No Result
View All Result
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
  • Covid-19
  • News
    • All
    • Business
    • Education
    • Politics
    • Sports
    • World
    Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

    Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

    Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

    Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

    Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) greets President Donald Trump as he steps off Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, in March 2020.

    Trump Is Making Georgia All About Himself, And It Could Cost The GOP

    What to watch, what to bet this weekend

    What to watch, what to bet this weekend

    Using Blockchain Technology to Scale Climate Action

    Using Blockchain Technology to Scale Climate Action

    Chicago Teachers Union elects Stacy Davis Gates as new president, keeping CORE slate in power – Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Teachers Union elects Stacy Davis Gates as new president, keeping CORE slate in power – Chicago Tribune

    The second £20MILLION new Roller: This is the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail Pearl - the second of a trio of custom-made cars with a combined value of £60million

    Rolls-Royce’s £20M Boat Tail Pearl: The most expensive new car

    3 Tips To Help You Delegate Better In Your Business

    3 Tips To Help You Delegate Better In Your Business

    Asylum seekers hug near the US-Mexico border wall

    US judge blocks Biden’s plan to end Title 42 border expulsions | Migration News

    Tesla boss Elon Musk blasts Biden, Democrats on Twitter

    Tesla boss Elon Musk blasts Biden, Democrats on Twitter

  • Science & Tech
    • All
    • Ai - Artificial Intelligence
    • Apps
    • Mobile
    Facebook Dating was a catastrophic failure — and I know why

    Facebook Dating was a catastrophic failure — and I know why

    Xiaomi Mi Band 7

    Xiaomi Mi Band 7 release date, images revealed

    Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

    Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

    The best cheap gaming headset deals May 2022

    The best cheap gaming headset deals May 2022

    More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here's how to get yours

    More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here’s how to get yours

    "No, I hear you. You're telling me that true 'synergy' can only be achieved through 'blue-sky thinking' and giving it '110 percent,' right?"

    5 major tech annoyances and how to fix them

    Lumen metabolic analyzer update 2

    Lumen metabolic analyzer iOS app gets updated macro tracker

    Saving money.

    Tech smarts: 5 silly ways you’re flushing money down the toilet

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    What time is the Blood Moon lunar eclipse?

    Norm Macdonald Recorded a New Netflix Comedy Special Before He Died

  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    • Movie
    • Music
    Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

    Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

    A man, right, talks to a woman pouring herself a drink at a bar

    ‘Men’ ending explained: Birth, rebirth and what it means

    A man standing on the ceiling of an upside-down living room

    Harry Styles: Perfect boyfriend, pop star on ‘Harry’s House’

    Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

    Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

    Johnny Depp and Ellen Barkin in 1994.

    Ellen Barkin Recalls Johnny Depp’s Sex-Scratch Suspicion And Throwing Bottle

    Two people in black stand near a window.

    ‘Men’ explained: What inspired Alex Garland’s trippy horror

    A woman with tattoos on her arm places her chin in hand for photograph

    Dominican star Tokischa stirs controversy with explicit raps

    Joe Alwyn’s Nick on ‘Conversations With Friends’ Is TV’s Most Boring Character

    Joe Alwyn’s Nick on ‘Conversations With Friends’ Is TV’s Most Boring Character

    Eric Clapton catches COVID-19 after calling vaccine efforts a ‘mass psychosis’ – New York Daily News

    Eric Clapton catches COVID-19 after calling vaccine efforts a ‘mass psychosis’ – New York Daily News

    Mother of teen killed in Millennium Park mourns him as city’s new rules on minors there take effect – Chicago Tribune

    Mother of teen killed in Millennium Park mourns him as city’s new rules on minors there take effect – Chicago Tribune

    • F95zone
  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    Adopting a dog after meeting my wife changed me

    Adopting a dog after meeting my wife changed me

    How Megan Fox Inspired ‘Good Mourning,’ Machine Gun Kelly’s Wild New Stoner Comedy With Pete Davidson

    How Megan Fox Inspired ‘Good Mourning,’ Machine Gun Kelly’s Wild New Stoner Comedy With Pete Davidson

    Illustration of a woman applying sunscreen

    14 heat safety tips for L.A. hiking during hot weather

    This Might Be Chromat’s Most Inclusive Swimwear Collection Yet

    This Might Be Chromat’s Most Inclusive Swimwear Collection Yet

    People urged to cook frozen fruit and vegetables because of Listeria findings

    People urged to cook frozen fruit and vegetables because of Listeria findings

    4 Best Casual Walking Sandals for Women in 2022

    4 Best Casual Walking Sandals for Women in 2022

    Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, who is accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, is escorted in the courtroom in shackles, in Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022.

    Buffalo shooting suspect confronted in courtroom: ‘You’re a coward!’

    Biden’s tour of Asia is all about countering China

    Biden’s tour of Asia is all about countering China

    The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen

    The restaurant where real Italian mothers rule the kitchen

    AAPI Designers Bringing Traditional Design to Modern Fashion

    AAPI Designers Bringing Traditional Design to Modern Fashion

33 °f
Chicago
35 ° Sat
35 ° Sun
35 ° Mon
37 ° Tue
No Result
View All Result
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine
No Result
View All Result
Home Entertainment Movie

How Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan’s passionate romance ‘Ammonite’ is based in history

by Staff Writer
December 12, 2020
in Movie
Reading Time: 9 mins read
0
How Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan's passionate romance 'Ammonite' is based in history
492
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

“Ammonite,” written and directed by Francis Lee, was one of the most anticipated films on this year’s festival circuit. It sparked controversy and conversation even before a frame of footage had been shot when it was first announced in 2019 that Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan would be starring in a 19th century romantic drama about real-life paleontologist Mary Anning and geologist Charlotte Murchison. Released to theaters Nov. 13 by Neon, the company still riding high off its best picture Oscar win for “Parasite,” the movie is now available on premium VOD.

Related posts

A man, right, talks to a woman pouring herself a drink at a bar

‘Men’ ending explained: Birth, rebirth and what it means

May 21, 2022
Two people in black stand near a window.

‘Men’ explained: What inspired Alex Garland’s trippy horror

May 20, 2022

The film was to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, which was canceled because of the pandemic and then the Telluride Film Festival, also canceled. It eventually did first play to virtual audiences as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and then as part of the London Film Festival.

Anning lived from 1799-1847 and was largely unrecognized in her lifetime, with others often taking credit for fossils she had uncovered. Now a series of rooms are named for her in London’s esteemed Natural History Museum, which houses some of her most remarkable discoveries, key to our early understanding of the prehistoric world.

When Lee learned of Anning’s story, how she worked in relative obscurity on the hardscrabble southern coast of England, he felt a deep and personal connection to her.

“There was something in Mary’s story, a working-class woman trying to make her way,” said Lee, “but what she was really, really good at and really skilled at, she couldn’t get up the ladder in terms of her gender and her background. And that felt quite pertinent to me.”

Lee made his debut with 2017’s “God’s Own Country,” a romance between two men on a farm in Yorkshire, the region in northern England where Lee is from. (Actor Alec Secareanu has a role in “Ammonite,” while Josh O’Connor can be seen as Prince Charles on “The Crown.”) Lee had long wanted to write and direct but didn’t see a path into the film industry for someone with his background.

After training and working for a time as an actor, he returned to the north and took a job as a manual laborer in a junkyard. It was while working there that he wrote the script for “God’s Own Country,” which would win Lee a director prize at Sundance, earn a BAFTA nomination and win multiple prizes at the British Independent Film Awards, including best film.

Drawn to Anning’s story as his next project, Lee nevertheless set out to explore her life in an unconventional way. In the film, Murchison is left by her husband in Anning’s care in the hope that Murchison can get over the intense grief she feels over losing a child. It is when the two women are alone together that their relationship blooms.

“I knew I never wanted to write a biopic,” said Lee. “I wanted to look at her and look at a snapshot of her life, something that would tell us everything else about her life without telling her story from when she was born to when she died.”

In his research, Lee found no specific mention of Anning having romantic relationships with men but did discover references to strong, deep friendships with women. When he discovered that Murchison, a notable researcher herself, spent time with Anning, his imagination took flight.

“I wanted to do everything I could to respect [Mary] and elevate her,” said Lee. “And I wanted to give her a relationship that might feel equal to her. And to me that felt like it should be with a woman. And, there was no evidence whatsoever that might not have been the case. I thought it felt [like] a very balanced and respectful decision to make.

“And I quite liked that idea and that these two women would meet,” he said. “And then through that relationship, both as individuals would grow and find strength within that relationship.”

Writer-director Francis Lee and actress Kate Winslet on the set of “Ammonite.”

(Agatha A. Nitecka / Neon)

When news first broke of the film’s story and the casting of Winslet and Ronan, there were a number of articles in the British press decrying Lee’s vision of Anning’s life, some with remarks from descendants of Anning herself. Such attention was a shock to Lee.

“My experience of making a film had been very quiet, had been very personal, nobody really cared when I was making ‘God’s Own Country,’ so to suddenly be thrown into this arena before I had even shot one frame of the film and there were articles appearing about it, I found interesting.

“And the idea that me suggesting Mary Anning might have had a relationship with a woman in some way sensationalized or detracted or I was being salacious in some way, I found very odd because none of those things were anywhere near the truth of why I did this,” Lee said. “I did this to be respectful, to highlight not only Mary Anning but women of the day having relationships with each other and also highlighting the terrible situation of patriarchal society. So it was very surprising and odd.”

Yet for Lee, the film is rooted in history. Apart from the intimate relationship between Anning and Murchison and also portraying Murchison as younger than she was when the two met, the film accurately reflects the known details of the two of them. As well, the depiction of the hardscrabble life in Anning’s hometown of Lyme Regis, the cramped quarters and raging sea, is true to life.

“I did extensive research to make sure that not just the facts about Mary but the facts about the day and how people lived their lives and what it meant to have no money in this time,” Lee said. “All of that is very, very factual.

“Charlotte went and stayed with Mary for a period of time,” Lee said. “Mary went to London once and visited the British museum, and it’s supposed that Mary stayed with the Murchisons. Mary was good friends with Elizabeth Philpot, played by Fiona Shaw in the earlier part of her life. And then they kind of had a little bit of a falling out. Mary is one of 10 kids, eight siblings died. All of these things are very factual.”

Regardless of how much of the story is based in fact, Winslet and Ronan turn in transfixing performances, creating perhaps the year’s strongest onscreen romance, both for the emotional yearning and passionate release that transpires between Anning and Murchison.

In his review of “Ammonite,” Times critic Justin Chang declared, “this is Winslet’s finest screen acting since ‘Mildred Pierce,’” the 2011 TV miniseries for which she won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award.

For Winslet, she said, “I think I’ve probably learned more on ‘Ammonite’ than I have on anything else I’ve ever done, to be honest.”

Spending time in the town where the real Anning lived, walking the beaches she walked and learning to dig for fossils where she worked brought the part to vivid life for Winslet. But it was the restraint of emotion that eventually comes forth in intense waves of intimate passion that Lee asked for that provided the biggest challenge.

“I needed someone to have a hand at my back,” Winslet said of Lee’s direction. “I needed to be able to trust when a director is saying to me, ‘Stop doing all this with your hands. No. Nothing on your face. No.’ I would go home some days and think, ‘Did I actually do any acting today? I mean, what the hell have I just done?’ I would really be doubt-ridden most of the time.

“But just emotionally playing someone who was that withheld and that sort of emotionally stunted too, it was almost like Mary had emotional chips missing or something,” said Winslet. “So expressing real affection or envy or jealousy, possession, adoration of somebody, sadness, happiness, these extreme emotions that actors tend to lean on quite a lot, I wasn’t going to be able to do that with Mary Anning because she had never really become comfortable with expressing big emotion for herself.”

Ronan also acknowledged that after exuberant roles such as her performance as Jo March in “Little Women,” the restraint of Murchison in her grief did not come easily.

“I had sort of been on this train of ‘I’m going to be louder and bigger,’” Ronan said of her other roles. “And then all of a sudden I really had to dial it back with Charlotte. And it was tough. I mean, it was tough even just in terms of how much I used my voice, how restricted I had to be in my movements. It was frustrating, but that was the goal as well, for us to feel this sort of tension the whole time.”

For Anning and Murchison, each of the women are depicted as finding in the other something they have been deeply missing: a sense of connection and deeper purpose.

“I don’t think anything is expected of her, even from the very beginning Charlotte has been left there to work with Mary and assist her, and to Mary she’s a nuisance,” said Ronan. ”So there is no role for Charlotte to step into. And out of that comes this sort of liberation from her previous role as a wife and, in her mind, a failed woman who has lost a child.

“What Mary gives her is actually the time to heal herself emotionally, she starts to feel that care and that tenderness from this other person, which she’s been really kind of crying out for for a long time,” said Ronan. “Our Charlotte is one of those people that, as cheesy as it sounds, wants to love and be loved and has a lot of love to give and only needed someone to simply touch her or be intimate with her or care for her body in some way. It ignited something in her that makes her feel like she’s got some worth.”

Saoirse Ronan, left, and Kate Winslet in the movie "Ammonite."

Saoirse Ronan, left, and Kate Winslet in the movie “Ammonite.”

(Agatha A. Nitecka / Neon)

Late in the film, Anning goes to London. When Murchison makes an offer for Anning to stay in her luxurious home there, leaving behind her difficult life in Lyme Regis, Anning recoils. Later, Murchison finds Anning looking at her discoveries in the Natural History Museum, and there is a moment of quiet recognition between the two of them.

“I find it deeply hopeful,” said Winslet of the film’s ending. “She only knew resilience and she only knew self-worth based on the things that her father had taught her, and this idea that she had been so poorly misjudged by Charlotte as to ever wish for something other than what she had made her feel really misunderstood and let down.

“And that for me spoke to the truth of Mary more than any other scene in the whole film, because Mary Anning, as a woman she was so stoic. She was utterly formidable and remarkably uncomplaining about her lot in life. She made the best of the circumstances that were handed to her. And I admired that more than anything. And so I admire Mary more in taking a stand in the scene with Charlotte at the end than I think I do in any other place in the story.

“Charlotte is brave enough to go and find Mary because she wants her to know that she does see her,” Winslet added. “She does love her and does understand how foolish she was and admitting all of that, silently. And Mary responding in kind her appreciation for Charlotte, loving her enough to want to be with her. It all comes together in that scene. It really struck me when I saw the film much more so than actually shooting the scene itself.”

In creating a passionately romantic story that is nevertheless full of stillness, quiet and restraint, Lee wanted to tell Anning’s story with a speculative twist.

“When I was writing this film, I looked at history and who writes history and the fact that history is also a creative medium,” said Lee. “Where there is no concrete proof, heterosexuality is always presumed. And in my head, I was like, ‘Well then she could have been bisexual, she could have been asexual, she could have been gay.’ And what I wanted to do was look at it within that context, that maybe there was a different way. Maybe she did go down a different path.”

Source by www.latimes.com

Related

Share197Tweet123Share49

Latest News - Daily illinois

Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

Business Trends Entrepreneurs Must Know

May 21, 2022
Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week – Chicago Tribune

Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week – Chicago Tribune

May 21, 2022
Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

Tornado in Northern Michigan Kills Two and Injures More Than 40

May 21, 2022
Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

Clea Shearer starts chemotherapy for breast cancer

May 21, 2022
A man, right, talks to a woman pouring herself a drink at a bar

‘Men’ ending explained: Birth, rebirth and what it means

May 21, 2022
A man standing on the ceiling of an upside-down living room

Harry Styles: Perfect boyfriend, pop star on ‘Harry’s House’

May 21, 2022
Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

Nine Techniques To Keep Customer Support Conversations Productive And Positive

May 21, 2022
President Vladimir Putin sits at a desk with Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev, whose back is to the camera, on a state media photo dated to May 19 2022

Putin’s leadership is unraveling as he takes regular breaks for medical treatment and is constantly surrounded by doctors, says British ex-spy

May 21, 2022
Daily illinois - USA | News, Sports & Updates Web Magazine

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

Navigate Site

  • Daily Illinois
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap
  • Write For Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us Page
  • Contact
  • Daily illinois
  • DMCA Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Submit, Guest Post, Write For Us and Become a Contributor
  • Terms of Use

Copyright © 2020 Dailyillinois.com.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.