Whit Stillman, Tom Bennett, & Justin Edwards were interviewed after the screening of Love & Friendship, that recently played at Curzon Soho. You can listen to it here on The Curzon Film Podcast. It’s a very enlightening listen, as you get a good sense of how the film came to be.
Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship will be on NPO2 tonight in the Netherlands at 23:25
How Jolly…Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship is available to UK residents on the BBC2 iPlayer.
Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship is available in Australia in both the film and novel versions.
Also an older interview of Stillman by Jessica Ellicott for SBS in which Stillman talks about the making of Love & Friendship, plus a vague idea for film with Kate Beckinsale.
‘The director of ‘Love & Friendship’ on adapting Jane Austen, classic Hollywood comedies and “doing justice” to much loved classics’ by Jessica Ellicott for SBS, (July 14, 2016).
Yes, but very likable in the same charming way that Lady Susan is in your film. Do you think there could have been a Golden Age of Hollywood version of Love & Friendship?
I don’t know, I suppose so. They would normally put this kind of story in a present-day setting. I’m not sure what they would have done with a period setting. But actually, Kate and I are both very interested in doing a ’30s flavoured film, so I think you’re right that those could be inspirations.
Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco will be playing in London on July 20th in 35mm. On July 21st, Love & Friendship will screen. Both films are playing at Curzon Soho and will have a Q&A with Stillman afterwards.
