Next there’s Smashed, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, who play a young married couple trying to kick their bad habits. Smashed is written and directed by James Ponsoldt, with Susan Burke co-writing. At this point I’ll see anything Aaron Paul is in, if only for his amazing performance week after week in Breaking Bad. Smashed gets a limited release October 12th.
Finally, we have Wuthering Heights, the latest adaptation from the classic Emily Bronte novel, written and directed by Andrea Arnold, who won an academy award in 2005 for her short film Wasp. While I’m not much for period pieces, this one looks like it could be amazing, simply for the cinematography alone, and it also features Kaya Scodelario from the UK series Skins, who I also like quite a bit. Wuthering Heights came out last year in the UK, and after finishing up the festival runs here in the states, it’s set for a limited release October 5th.
This trailer for Wuthering Heights is outstanding! As huge fans of the book, a co-worker at Dish and I were very nervous when we heard they were once again adapting it. But after seeing the trailer, there is no doubt in my mind that it will be less than amazing. In honor of the book, we decided to rent the other various adaptions with Blockbuster @Home. It was nice coming home to a DVD in the mail, or exchanging it in the store if we were
feeling particularly impatient. This version looks vastly different than its predecessors. With the limited dialog and sullen atmosphere, they seem to have laid the foundation for a brilliant film.