'How wonderful it is to be celebrating a woman director on the eve of the Oscars,” Anna Wintour introduced the project to a round of applause from the room.
“I must admit, when I heard about Autumn’s film,” Anna Wintour said to a crowd dressed far too smartly to be seated in a dark theater, “I briefly wondered if we needed another Austen adaptation, if the culture hadn’t already achieved ‘Peak Austen.’ But my doubts vanished when I was lucky enough to see this romantic, beautiful, and witty film about a famously meddling heroine.”and its titular character whose matchmaking schemes land her at the center of a love-triangle Venn diagram.
By about 7:30 p.m., everyone gathered to hear Wintour introduce the project. “How wonderful it is to be celebrating a woman director on the eve of the Oscars,” she added. The room responded in agreement with a round of applause, and the lights went dim. What followed were two hours of delight; the color palette looked borrowed from a box of macarons, and the costumes showcased Emma and her coterie gliding in and out of frame in satin slippers and gauzy Empire-waist Regency frocks.
Like the novel, the film ends on a sweet note, and there was more still in store to continue the sugar high. As soon as the credits rolled,’s Hamish Bowles welcomed De Wilde, Taylor-Joy, and Nighy to the stage for a brief Q&A. Nighy delivered one-liners that had the room in stitches—when asked his relationship to the novel, Nighy proffered, “I’ve never read Jane Austen,” and when asked about taking on the role of Mr.
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