Continuing our countdown of the best movies released in the UK this year,we doff our hat to Todd Haynes’ beautifully dressed adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian-romance novel• Tell us your favourite film of the year … and comment on ours
• Read the full UK top 50 so farWith secure and Far from Heaven, director Todd Haynes has already proved himself a master at stories of brittle, and repressed women struggling to access and express their innermost emotions. Thus his stewardship of an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s semi-autobiographical novel – published pseudonymously in 1952 as The Price of Salt instantly appeared an inspired conjunction,particularly with Cate Blanchett having already accepted one of the lead roles. “A frock film ... with Cate attached,” is how Haynes himself described Carol and, or as a bare-bones conceptualisation,you can see how it suits him down to the ground.
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Source: theguardian.com