It’s a similar sensibility to “Fleabag” or “Enola Holmes,” where a protagonist breaks the fourth wall to explain her feelings with immediacy. While the novel is written in third person, with Austen playing the part of narrator, Cracknell’s “Persuasion” sees Anne (Dakota Johnson) speaking directly to the viewer. Here, the filmmakers discuss how and why they updated “Persuasion” for the 21st century. “We tried to make sure we were capturing the sensibility in all moments, even when some of the language changed.… I’m really hopeful that when people watch it, they’ll see how much love for the material is actually within the film.”
“We’re all big fans of the book and pretty reverent to it in the ways we could be,” Winslow adds. “Her words do speak to contemporary audience in many, many ways, just not necessarily every way,” says Bass, who is working on similar updates of “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility.” “I promise you that everyone involved in this adores Jane Austen and adores her work.” While the filmmakers are aware of the potential backlash over remixing a classic novel, every change was made with Austen in mind. Movies Dakota Johnson takes control of the ‘unsexy’ side of making movies: Producingĭakota Johnson’s TeaTime Pictures will unveil “Am I OK?” and “Cha Cha Real Smooth” at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. So it felt pretty natural to give voice to a modern sensibility through these characters.” “I relate so strongly to the book and I relate so strongly to Anne that I’m constantly drawing connections between my life and Anne’s. “I’ve loved Jane Austen my whole life, and ‘Persuasion’ has always been my favorite novel,” Winslow says. Instead, the writers wanted to bring a contemporary tone into a classic tale. Frederick Wentworth, Anne bemoans that they are now “worse than exes, we’re friends.” Austen, of course, didn’t write that in her 1817 novel, but the sentiment resonates with the sense of longing the English author evoked.įor screenwriters Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, who collaborated on the adaptation, the goal wasn’t to alter Austen’s intention or story.
As she muses on her relationship with former flame Capt. In “Persuasion,” a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel made for Netflix, protagonist Anne Elliot speaks directly to the camera, addressing the audience like an old friend.
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