Movie & Picspam: The Cherry Orchard

[jayes_musings]

Based on Anton Chekov's play, The Cherry Orchard has lovely cinematography and is a sedate drama. Now, I've never seen nor read the play before watching this, so I don't know what's been changed or how well it compares, but I found it passably good. Good enough to make me not want to fast forward to all the Gerry bits. It's another early Gerry part, and he plays Yasha, a valet to a broke-but-still-living-like-she's-not Russian noble. He's cocky, cynical, easily amused, chauvinistic, rogue. It's not a large part, but Yasha's role is really to explain things to the audience that are not made clear by the other characters. He is easily the most charming of the cast...although they all put in solid performances, especially Charlotte Rampling, Owen Teale and Michael Gough, but there is really no one who is likable.



In Paris, Yasha catches a visitor up on all his mistress' scandals and that she's penniless.


Definitely an adorable rogue.


Returning to Russia, he has a joke at the old butler's expense.


Being welcomed back home by his mother. He's not too keen.


Seducing the young serving girl.


He doesn't like cheap girls who put out on a first date.


Sucking up to the new owner of the Cherry Orchard.


A peasant who's acquired a taste for French champagne and not that cheap Russian attempt.


But he gets to enjoy himself as no one else is.


Moving back to France with the mistress, dumping the girl...telling her he doesn't like cheap girls.




Edit: Because celticdreamz just reminded me. He is credited as Gerald Butler!! You think they could have checked.

Comments

[celticdreamz.livejournal.com]

I love how when everyone's leaving the house for the last time, he's the one who picks up the plaid scarf. And "Gerald Butler"? Who's that?

[simplyjaye.livejournal.com]

There are lovely little touches like that. I like just to watch him in the background too. Although, I loved how they all forget the old butler...and Yasha's assuring them that he went to the hospital.

I meant to put that in about his name! Yes, Who exactly! *hmpf*