The Age of Innocence

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The Age of Innocence

" The Age of Innocence [adapted from the book by Edith Wharton] is one of Scorsese's greatest films, improperly appreciated because, like "Kundun" (1997), it stands outside the main line of his work. Its story of a man of tradition who spends a lifetime of unrequited love, resembles one of Scorsese's favorite films, Michael Powell's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp."

"[Newland] Archer [played by Daniel Day Lewis] was a man who loved one woman [Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer)] and married another [the respectable society virgin May Welland (Winona Ryder)], because it was the right thing to do. Or, more accurately, because everyone in his world thought it was the right thing to do, and made sure that he did it. The film employs a narration (read by Joanne Woodward) that reflects the way Wharton addresses us directly in the novel, telling us how Archer was trapped. Listen to her: "They all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world. The real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs." ---- Roger Ebert

DVD:

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese (Unspecified)
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Color
138 minutes
Released: 1993
Rated: PG

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance

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