If Jane Austen once said: “A lady’s imagination is very fast”, and therefore it is very important to keep her busy with ingenious films and series. What could be better than watching a program inspired by Austen’s greatest works?
While Austen Pride and prejudice, Emma And Sensation and sensitivity have been adapted for the big screens, some putting a modern twist on classic prose. Ignorantwhich came out in 1995, is one of the most notable modern adaptations of an Austenian classic.
“You don’t say, ‘You know what, the world needs an adjustment Emma and mine will be brilliant,” director Amy Heckerling told City & Country in July 2020. “You find yourself driving around wondering, ‘What am I going to do now,’ and thinking, ‘I stink and everyone hates me.’ Then you start asking yourself, ‘What do I like and what makes me happy?’ … You had to really want to do what you were doing. I started thinking about what really amused me, which was very positive characters; I just don’t understand how people can be positive and it drives me a little crazy.”
She continued, “I started thinking what if there was a teenage girl who, no matter what, wouldn’t burst her bubble… [and] I started thinking about what the equivalent would be in the world I lived in, in California in the 1990s.”
Keep scrolling below to take a look back at some of the most iconic Austen adaptations: