1981 Directed by Just Jaeckin
A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
El amante de Lady Chatterley, L'amant de Lady Chatterley, 채털리 부인의 연인
Imagining it to be “Emmanuelle Does D.H. Lawrence,” I’ve avoided Director Just Jaeckin’s LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER for quite a while. However, when I took time to look at the credits, I knew that I’d need to see it. I was pleased to note that it was better than I’d anticipated.
First, there were some names in the cast that drew my attention. Obviously, Sylvia Kristel was in it, and I had to admit that as her EMMANUELLE series progressed, she improved. Shane Briant came too late to the Hammer Films before they collapsed, but he was accomplished in adding intriguing nuances to his roles. And my curiosity factor was through the roof when I saw that silent film…
"Lady Chatterley" ist ein Roman von D. H. Lawrence, der über 30 Jahre nach seiner Entstehung einer der berühmten Opfer spektakulärer Pornographie- und Obszönitätenprozesse wurde, weil es ein paar harmlose Sexszenen und eine Ehescheidung darin gibt. Lawrence erzählt seine Geschichte in sehr poetischer, nie schwülstiger Sprache und bietet eine Erlösung des Menschen im Maschinenzeitalter, zerrieben zwischen Krieg und Arbeit, in der wahren, erotisch-humanen Liebe. Der erste Satz des Romans ist der stärkste erste Satz, den ich je in einem Roman gelesen habe: "Unser Zeitalter ist seinem Wesen nach tragisch, also weigern wir uns, es tragisch zu nehmen".
Einen starken Einstieg sucht man in der Verfilmung "Lady Chatterleys Liebhaber" vergebens, ebenso die politische Dimension, die Lawrence immer in Bezug zur Handlung…
Just Jaeckin and Sylvia Kristel, the director and star of '70s softcore classic Emmanuelle, reunite here to tackle the last word in 20th century literary controversy, an adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence. The appetites (or profit margins) of Golam and Globus at Cannon were clearly whetted as, safe in the knowledge that sex sells, they believed that the prospect of the new Emmanuelle could bankroll several more Cannon productions and establish them as prime movers.
But unlike the Go-Go Boys, Jaeckin and Kristel did not wish to rest on their laurels or revel in past glories - they wanted to make a creditable and faithful literary adaptation. The casting of Nicholas Clay, Shane Briant, Ann Mitchell and…
I really like DH Lawrence. I mean I really like DH Lawrence. I would go as far to say that The Rainbow is my favourite book. Give or take. I love his gaudy, transcendent overwriting. Lady Chatterley's Lover is probably not the novel you think it is, if you haven't read it. It is basically an unhappy domestic melodrama, with some natural philosophy thrown in, and hung on a peg of post-war malaise.
Cannon Films' 1981 film, starring Sylvia Kristel and Nicholas Clay, directed by Just Jaeckin (really sounds like a euphemism for wanking), is more or less an Emmanuelle film, set in Derby. Most of the 'down the mine' chat has been removed, as have the more intricate social…
A couple nods to the novel's social politics but largely dilutes anything from the source that doesn't lend well to vaseline-smeared-on-the-lens softcore. Plus Sylvia Kristel has been re-dubbed.
Better than expected version of the old smutty D.H. Lawrence story of a posh bit having an affair with a rough gameskeeper.
To be honest, I'd probably say the BBC version with Sean Bean around 1995 was a lot more sleazier. Most of the sex here is done in a jokey style, if that makes sense. Kristel is dubbed I bet you. I've not looked at IMDB.com yet, but I'm betting she was. Nicholas Clay is hilarious in his role as Mellors. It's like a porn star version of Gazza when he talks. You wouldn't think that accent comes from his mouth.
Bloody excellent soundtrack too. Current searching to see if it available anywhere.
Mildly recommended.
Don't you hate it when your now-crippled husband comes back from war and tells you that you can take a lover to provide what he can't and then acts like a passive-aggressive asshole about the whole thing?
The scenes between Lady Chatterley and her game warden were beautiful, I found him to be a handsome man and I liked his quiet passion. However, all the games the husband played because of his unhappiness and the classism really bogged down the eroticism.
Pretty much a soft porn look at a classic book. Kudos for the movie's set designs and costumes. Movie is very slowly paced. Was not too impressed with the acting....as it seemed many were overacting. The ending does not really play out well in the movie. Maybe it is actually like the book.....but it is lacking a lot of drama....instead....the movie sort of fizzles out.
A generally dire cash-in on Lawrence, operating only as a property known for flesh flashing for some, well, rather obvious flesh flashing... Although the film actually short changes on that and pratically every other consideration too - satisfying drama being one of them.
Lawrence is a fairly easy author to transcribe to the screen once you’ve curtailed or tamed the lumpy metaphors and symbols - all those moons and priapic charges of horses - and settled on class and sexual liberation in a period setting. Ken Russell’s film of Women in Love most obviously captures the Lawrentian spirit with the The Virgin and the Gypsy and the BBC’s 1988 version of The Rainbow being honourable runners up (drama first, fumbling…
To be honest, I've only seen like a third of it but it was the best part with that most sexy scene.
I watched this because misread and thought Nicholas Cage was in it. The score is great. I also enjoyed the cinematography which evoked a little bit of gothic horror. Everything else didn't really work. It could have been a lot better with actual actors. Also, the print I watched had like 3 pixels so may have affected it.
