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Background Information: Morvern Callar
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| Morvern Callar was the debut novel by Scottish author Alan Warner, first published in 1995. The book was made into a critically-acclaimed, commercially-indifferent 2002 film by Lynne Ramsay with Samantha Morton in the title role. The character of Morvern also appears in Warners second novel, These Demented Lands. |
Editorial DVD Review
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Eerie, morbid, yet somehow life-affirming, Morvern Callar stars the superb Samantha Morton as the title character, a young Scottish woman whose boyfriend has just killed himself, leaving behind a cassette of assorted songs & an unpublished novel. Instead of reporting his death, Morvern puts her name on his novel before sending it off to a publisher, then uses the dead mans bank card to pay for a trip to Spain with her friend Lana , where she tries to lose herself in sensation & chaos. The events of Morvern Callar suggest a story, but director Lynn Ramsay focuses on moments of ambiguity & ambivalence between the sequences of dramatic action, & when Morvern does take decisive action, her choices are unnerving. The movies striking images & rich use of colour vividly capture a dislocated state of mind, when life has come unmoored from meaning.
Biography: Samantha Morton
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Samantha Morton is a British actress. She began acting at an early age & by 13 was working on such television programs as Cracker. She eventually starred in such productions as Jane Eyre & The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In 1997 she made her feature film debut, in Under the Skin. By 1998, she had received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Woody Allen s Sweet & Lowdown. In 2004, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for In America. Although not nominated for an Oscar, she received critical acclaim for her performance in Minority Report. She has a daughter, Esme, with actor Charlie Creed-Miles.
Posters Of Minority ReportEditors Choice: Minority Report, In America, Code 46, Enduring Love, Morvern Callar, Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, View DVDology
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