Scherfig, Director of 'An Education'
January 20th 2010 15:30
I am fascinated by how directors work and develop stories through film. I came across an interesting piece in W Magazine about Lone Scherfig. She is a Danish director who wielded an engaging story called An Education by Nick Hornby.
The movie is about a 16 year old girl named Jenny, beautifully played by Carey Mulligan. Jenny meets an older man who takes her on jaunts to Paris, the dog track and nightclubs. It’s a coming-of-age in the sixties story.
Scherfig is a student filmmaker of Lars von Trier (Anti-Christ) Dogme 95 stripped down film movement, which explains the rather simple way An Education is told.
The older man is played by Peter Sarsgaard, a playboy in his 30’s. He opens a new generation to Jenny. Both embark on a relationship that has sparked controversy from audiences. Yet, the film is very engaging and true to the period of the sixties. One can't help but enjoy the simple story of a changing generation.
“She could see better than people who’d grown up within the culture what was strange about it, funny about it, the details that spoke volumes.” In the mock-Tudor house in which much of the action is set, she found “a striving for beauty,” says Hornby, where most Brits would see only “suburban tedium.”
The interview with Scherfig is worth reading at W Magazine.
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