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Directed by Stephen Frears, the 1988 movie adaptation of the book by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons is about rivalry, jealousy and using the people's romantic feelings to your own gain. It's more serious then The Importance of Being Earnest , but it's a very famous adoption and I think that not analyzing it would be a mistake. So, it's my next movie. It won 9 awards in total, including the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Academy Award for best Costume Design. Dangerous Liaisons  is set in pre-Revoultion Paris, and the story revolves around Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil as they seduce various other members of high society for their own gain. In the end, they all get their comeuppance, Valmont dies in a duel and Merteuil is forced to flee the city in shame. This movie is aimed at an older, more mature audience, as there are some scenes not suitable for a young audience. Also, I don't think a young audience wou...

The movie I'll be analyzing today is The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) directed by Oliver Parker. I felt like this was the best movie to start off with seeing as we're building our own one off of the story. This movie won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Costume Design, so I'm hoping to pick up some good tips and inspiration for our own short film. For all other movies, I'll only be analysing the first five minutes, as that's how long our own movie has to be, but seeing as this is the story we're building our own one off, I decided to watch and analyse the whole thing. Our groups needs comprehensive knowledge of the plot line and characters if we want to make something from it. The Importance of Being Earnest is a story of two young men in Victorian London, who use the same pseudonym to escape the restrictions of their lives. They are discovered when their fiancés meet, and brag about how they are both to be married to 'Ernest' This movie is a...