#wuthering heights 2011

[pristina-nomine]

Shannon Beer as Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights (2011)

[icedsodapop]

Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights was made on a budget of a B-list indie musician's music video and a dream and yet, they are the only Wuthering Heights' adaptation to date that actually read the text and put in the effort to cast a Brown man for Heathcliff. They actually reached out to the UK Romani community to see if they could hold auditions.

[horrorheights]

“I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.”

- Jane Eyre

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[reusedprops]

This Causeuse/Loveseat with a peaking, gilded Louis-seize-like frame and white-green striped upholstery sofa is used in Sense and Sensibility 2008 and used in Wuthering Heights 2011 and used again in The Grown: Imbroglio 2019.

The Sofa is seen in Sanditon 2020.

[simstoricalish]

Catherine Earnshaw

[longtimewish]

When will they stop trying to adapt Wuthering Heights and realize that what we actually need is a new The Tenant of Wildfell Hall adaptation

[riddlemefuckingthis]

You hear that! It’s finally fall so I can watch my stupid period dramas.

[limestreet]

Jesus Christ, nothing shows to you how unusual and challenging Cathy Earnshaw is as a heroine more than watching the average adaptation of Wuthering Heights. I don't think I've seen one yet where they didn't neuter her.

[unamazing-sheep21]

more Adventure Time Jane Eyre, in colour!!

Edward and ADE

Edward realising Jane doesn’t think he’s handsome

And Wuthering Heights Heathcliff as Huntress Wizard

[pristina-nomine]

Favorite movies/shows watched in 2022

[porcelian]

an angel lost its wings when they casted heathcliff as a white man and cathy as a 34 year old woman.

[horrorheights]

“His attention is like the sun, [...] Glorious at first, but then it just—burns.”

-the other lamb (2019)

[yeti-zeus]

like not only is it impossible to sanely come to the conclusion that Heathcliff is white from reading wuthering heights but also they did not cast him as white last time they adapted the fucking book like for fucks sake

[kazz-brekker]

*clutching the sink and staring into the mirror like a tormented detective from a noir movie* it's okay no matter what happens we still have wuthering heights (2011) dir. andrea arnold starring kaya scodelario and james howson

[wutheringheightsfilm]

alright everybody.... the ranked lists are out...

wuthering heights adaptations ranked by successfulness:

and wuthering heights ranked by my personal preference:

conclusions:

if you are looking for a version that tells the complete story and is 1 to 1 scene for scene the book because you have to pass some sort of exam, watch the 1978 version (#1 on the successful list). be aware this version is boring as shit hence why it barely makes it in the top 5 of my personal rankings

if you are looking for a version that tells the complete story but is not as boring (but still has its myriad issues), watch the 1998 version (#2 on the successful list).

if you are a looking for a version that 1) finally doesn't whitewash heathcliff and 2) very accurately captures the atmosphere of what reading the book is like, but can sacrifice missing half the story (as the entire second gen of children are not truly present), watch the 2011 version (#1 on my personal list). i will say, though, it is the most complete telling of the 1st generation story, and the one i believe portrays heathcliff and catherine's dynamic the most accurately. (though do look up warnings on doesthedogdie for this one as there are multiple scenes of animal cruelty, and be aware that there will be a myriad of racial slurs that do not appear in the book directed at heathcliff)

if you're looking to watch a version where you get the complete story but it's not quite right (sacrifices were made here, and the romance is way too overdone for my liking) but the chemistry between heathcliff and catherine is incredible (and the soundtrack is excellent), and you like to notice small details with costume design and storytelling, watch the 2009 version (#2 on my personal list)

you're welcome. i'm still going to be making the video essay though