{"id":6004,"date":"2015-06-24T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T16:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:15:54","slug":"gardeners-and-gardens-on-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/happenings\/gardeners-and-gardens-on-the-big-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners and gardens on the big screen\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time for those big summer movie blockbusters: superheroes, dinosaurs, car chases and gardens. Wait, what? Gardens? Ya, when was the last time a garden (or gardener) played a key role on the big screen?<\/p>\n

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Monday night I was invited to a free screening of A Little Chaos<\/em>, a new movie directed by (and starring) Alan Rickman along with Kate Winslet, Stanley Tucci and Matthias Schoenaerts. \u00a0The plot revolves around a fictional character by the name of Sabine de Barra, played by Winslet, who works as a landscape designer. She applies, interviews for, and is awarded a job designing a garden at Versailles. I won\u2019t be giving too much away (you\u2019ll already have assumed as much, right?) to say there\u2019s a romance, a tragedy, a villain and mud, lots of mud (after all it is after a movie set partially in the garden).<\/p>\n

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From the movie A Little Chaos, borrowed from\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the historical name dropping in the movie was lost on me, but not on Tim Richardson, who wrote a review for The Telegraph: “A Little Chaos: a true gardening film<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/strong>As Richardson seems to point out \u2013\u00a0this movie isn\u2019t going to be a hit with the general public (there isn\u2019t a single car chaise, although those horse drawn carriages do gain some speed at times, and there\u2019s a thrilling scene with two carriages passing on a narrow road) \u2013 but for those of us who are startled (and a little thrilled) by hearing the word \u201cperennial\u201d bantered about repeatedly on the big screen it\u2019s the best kind of summer movie.<\/p>\n

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From the movie A Little Chaos, borrowed from\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I must admit that lavish period pieces\u00a0with fancy costumes, big wigs, and surfaces covered in\u00a0gold-leaf have never appealed to me, however this one was rich with visual detail that I really enjoyed. What the film lacked in substance it made up for in flash with foliage, and who doesn’t enjoy a little flash and foliage now and then?<\/p>\n

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From the movie A Little Chaos, borrowed from\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since we\u2019re on the subject of gardeners, and gardens, in the movies\u00a0I\u00a0thought I would share a couple of interesting lists and links. The first, “Eight of the best gardens in TV and film<\/a>”\u00a0<\/strong>also comes from The Telegraph (those folks in the UK really do \u201cget\u201d gardening). No doubt readers in the U.S. will have a little trouble tracking down\u00a0a few\u00a0of the titles but, like gardening, sometimes the thrill is in the hunt. The second isn\u2019t so much a list, but a category on one of my favorite gardening blogs,\u00a0A Growing Obsession<\/a>. It’s author, Denise,\u00a0regularly chronicles movies worth watching in Cinema Botanica<\/a>. Her review of The Green Card<\/a>\u00a0is almost as good<\/del> better than the movie itself.<\/p>\n

So have you seen, or do you hope to see, A Little Chaos<\/em>? Do you have a favorite movie where gardeners and\/or gardens play a role?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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