Join fellow movie and literature lovers for a showing of Bright Star (119 minutes) on February 3rd promptly at 7 pm in the Westport Library’s McManus Room. Directed by Jane Campion, Bright Star pays homage to nineteenth century poet John Keats' unstoppable love affair with Fanny Brawne that ended with his tragic death at age 25. Roger Ebert describes it as “visual beauty to match Keats' verbal beauty.”
Keats joins a list of British literary figures more recently portrayed on the screen. Renee Zallweger who seems to favor movies where she can put on a British accent played the creator of Peter Rabbit and friends in Miss Potter, released in 2006 Johnny Depp embodied author and playwright Sir James Mathew Barrie in Finding Neverland released in 2004.
If you enjoyed these movies, come watch Bright Star on February 3rd. Bring your hankie!
