{"id":76991,"date":"2021-10-09T11:54:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T18:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76991"},"modified":"2021-10-10T23:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T06:12:20","slug":"women-in-love-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76991","title":{"rendered":"Women in Love (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;One has a hankering after a sort of further fellowship.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Poster.png 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA schoolteacher (Jennie Linden) and her sculptress sister (Glenda Jackson) begin romantic relationships with a school inspector (Alan Bates) and his friend (Oliver Reed), the son of a wealthy mine owner (Alan Webb); meanwhile, Bates and Reed intensify their own bond of male friendship.\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>Alan Bates Films<\/li>\n<li>Glenda Jackson Films<\/li>\n<li>Ken Russell Films<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Reed Films<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that Ken Russell&#8217;s &#8220;visually impressive, sexually explicit adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Women_in_Love\">D.H. Lawrence&#8217;s 1920 novel<\/a>&#8221; contains &#8220;annoyingly flamboyant&#8221; imagery despite &#8220;Lawrence&#8217;s words [being] graceful and sensual&#8221; &#8212; but he concedes that Russell &#8220;does manage to convey Lawrence&#8217;s difficult point about people in a romance pushing and pulling each other and themselves into their correct &#8216;positions&#8217; in the relationship &#8212; just as animals in a jungle form a hierarchy based on predators and prey.&#8221; He posits that the &#8220;relationship between strong, passionate, cerebral Gudrun [Jackson] and the hard, unloving Gerald [Reed] is about the struggle for power &#8212; it is combative and self-destructive and drives them apart.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-I-Will-Love-You-Always.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meanwhile, Ursula [Linden] and Birkin [Bates], who are more romantic and simpler, grow closer together&#8221; and &#8220;are seemingly the perfect couple because they love each other equally and each has equal standing in the relationship&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-1536x855.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-Linden.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(However, the film&#8217;s final scene and image belie this easy interpretation.) <\/p>\n<p>Peary adds that &#8220;when the characters make love, especially outdoors, the &#8216;animal&#8217; analogy is obvious; but it&#8217;s interesting to watch how Russell keeps them involved in other physical activities when they&#8217;re not having sex &#8212; they spend much time dancing: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing-458x270.png 458w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dancing.png 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; they swim, they go sledding, they roll in the snow: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Snow2.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; there is slapping, there is fighting, some men are even knocked down by attack dogs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-1024x612.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-1536x918.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2-452x270.png 452w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dogs2.png 1721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary notes that &#8220;the performances by the four leads are quite strong&#8230; and they are to be commended for appearing in [adult-rated] love scenes when stars of that era were reluctant to do so.&#8221; However, he asserts that &#8220;from a director&#8217;s standpoint, the nude fight scene between Birkin and Gerald: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-1024x608.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-1536x913.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Wresting.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the scene in which the nude Birkin and Ursula run toward each other and Russell turns their images within the frame so that they&#8217;re horizontal are shamefully pretentious.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-76999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Horizontal.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(The latter might possibly be so, but I disagree about the former, which is a masterfully filmed, oft-discussed and provocative sequence.) <\/p>\n<p>Peary adds that &#8220;worse still is Gudrun&#8217;s improvisational outdoor dance&#8221; &#8212; though I&#8217;m not exactly sure why he takes issue with it: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Dance-Cattle.png 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>, Peary agrees with the Academy in naming Jackson Best Actress of the Year, noting that &#8220;Jackson impressed everyone, including [him] in 1970, because she was much different from other leading actresses of the day&#8230; [She] came across as extremely intelligent, forceful, defiant, and witty, and could convincingly play women with similar traits without turning off viewers to herself or the characters.&#8221; He asserts that while &#8220;in the past, viewers rarely warmed to intellectual female characters,&#8221; &#8220;Jackson showed that brainy women like Gudrun are capable of tremendous passion, even heightened sexuality because of their curiosity.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Cleopatra.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He writes that &#8220;Jackson gives a bold performance, making no attempt to cover those traits that might diminish Gudrun&#8217;s appeal. Apart from barroom floozies in Westerns and B melodramas, Gudrun is one of the few sympathetic female leads with more than a touch of arrogance. She isn&#8217;t just highly spirited or headstrong or even aloof &#8212; she is arrogant.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-Purple.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Peary asserts that &#8220;this doesn&#8217;t come aross as meanness&#8230; or condescension. It comes across in her refusal to conform or compromise; or &#8212; and this drives macho men like Gerald crazy &#8212; to reveal her weaknesses or dependence on men.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-1024x580.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Reed-Jackson.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While this unusual film isn&#8217;t for all tastes, Russell exhibits enough innovation and creativity to recommend it for one-time viewing &#8212; and Jackson&#8217;s strong performance is indeed worth a watch. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenda Jackson as Gudrun<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Jackson.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oliver Reed as Gerald Crich<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Mirror.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alan Bates as Rupert Birkin<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Bates.png 1805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Billy Williams&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-77009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire-458x270.png 458w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Women-in-Love-Fire.png 1731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an unusual outing by a creative director &#8212; and for Jackson&#8217;s Oscar-winning performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066579\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=10636&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16931\/women-in-love#articles-reviews?articleId=941265\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One has a hankering after a sort of further fellowship.&#8221; Synopsis: A schoolteacher (Jennie Linden) and her sculptress sister (Glenda Jackson) begin romantic relationships with a school inspector (Alan Bates) and his friend (Oliver Reed), the son of a wealthy mine owner (Alan Webb); meanwhile, Bates and Reed intensify their own bond of male friendship. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Bates Films Glenda Jackson Films Ken Russell Films Oliver Reed Films Romance Sexuality Strong Females Response to Peary\u2019s Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76991\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76991"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77088,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76991\/revisions\/77088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}