Is this a period piece?
...or are they setting this in present day and making it contemporary?
The movie is set in the 1920's, just like the play.
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No, red blooded was not making a feminine joke. A "period piece" is a work or art set in a particular time. For example, a story set in the Victorian times or Shakespeare's time.
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It is a period piece, but it sorta reminded me of Atonement. It has comedy moments and some dialogue that seems out of place for the time. I mean it isn't stricly 1920's compared to a BBC version of an Austen novel, which doesn't come out of the period it is set.
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Since Mr. Whitaker refers to going off to war "14 years ago" it's at least 1928 -- but could be as late as 1931. I think it's more towards the latter, because: 1. Larita is wearing bias-cut dresses and high-waisted pants -- early '30s fashions.
2. the Great Depression is galloping apace, which exacerbated the family's money woes.
One of the first shots of the film shows a closeup of a newspaper with the date of October --, 1930 (don't remember the exact day). So we know it takes place then or after. Since there is a Thanksgiving scene and it ends during a Christmas party, I would say October - December, 1930, seems to be the time period of this movie.
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shareThe source work, Coward's play, was published in 1926...but perhaps the writers decided to set it a bit later in the screenplay. It's interesting that the movie now is playing in similar times, of post-war and economic woe..
I really liked how the soundtrack took you there...with Cole Porter and some of Coward's own songs.
I think it more of a period farce...not handled with straight up drama but rather liberal doses of high camp.
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