{"id":2300,"date":"2007-02-18T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2007-02-18T22:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2021-01-07T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:51:38","slug":"virgin-and-the-gypsy-the-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Virgin and the Gypsy, The (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I should like to fall violently in love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Poster.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nYvette (Joanna Shimkus), a repressed clergyman&#8217;s daughter in 1920s England, lusts after a swarthy gypsy (Franco Nero) and befriends an unmarried couple (Honor Blackman and Mark Burns) who have been shunned for &#8220;living in sin&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Gypsies<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nChristopher Miles&#8217; adaptation of D.H. Lawrence&#8217;s posthumous novella is an unassuming, lushly photographed tale of sexual awakening and coming-of-age. Joanna Shimkus is perfect in the title role, playing a young woman who longs to break free from the moral restrictions of her uptight family. Even more impressive, however, is the way in which Miles deftly evokes the details of life for various classes in 1920s England: we see the minutiae of both the gypsy camp (an unidentifiable stew boils over an open fire on the hillside) and Yvette&#8217;s upper-middle-class family (a servant carefully doles meat and potatoes onto each member&#8217;s shiny plate). While the movie is perhaps overly metaphorical during its final climactic moments, this somehow seems to fit with the overall tone of the fable-like tale.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Joanna Shimkus (Sidney Poitier&#8217;s wife) as &#8220;the virgin&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Shimkus-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meticulously rendered period detail of both upper-middle-class and Gypsy life in 1920s England<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Gypsy-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lush cinematography of northern English landscapes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Landscape-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective use of imagery to evoke Yvette&#8217;s sense of inhibited freedom<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Virgin-and-the-Gypsy-Window-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066528\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1970\/07\/01\/archives\/screen-virgin-and-the-gypsy-opens.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/63029.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I should like to fall violently in love.&#8221; Synopsis: Yvette (Joanna Shimkus), a repressed clergyman&#8217;s daughter in 1920s England, lusts after a swarthy gypsy (Franco Nero) and befriends an unmarried couple (Honor Blackman and Mark Burns) who have been shunned for &#8220;living in sin&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming of Age Cross-Class Romance Gypsies Historical Drama Morality Police Review: Christopher Miles&#8217; adaptation of D.H. Lawrence&#8217;s posthumous novella is an unassuming, lushly photographed tale of sexual awakening and coming-of-age. 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