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Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films.
The nomadic lifestyle of the poor players -- artfully shown through many scenes of their fretful peregrinations around India -- provides the visual enactment of the problem of the Buckinghams' rootlessness, as here we find the first Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala exploration of that subject, the great dilemma for Merchant Ivory characters from Lizzie ...
Merchant Ivory's films have been praised for their visual beauty, their mature and intelligent themes, and the shrewd casting and fine acting from which they derive their unique power.
Aug 23, 2016 · The two formed Merchant Ivory Productions—with Ivory directing and Merchant producing—the longest independent partnership in film history. (Despite my “I’m only kidding” smile, Ivory swats away...
Jul 28, 2017 · The Henry James adaptations are the best start to any journey through Merchant Ivory’s American films. The Europeans (1979) may be too stagey for some, but The Bostonians (1984) is one of their most overlooked films, transforming James’s original into a wrenching melodrama, as a paranoid feminist and a charming chauvinist battle for the ...
Jul 8, 2021 · Often collaborating with the seriously talented screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Merchant Ivory Productions became known as the maestros of period drama, and these enduring movies show why. 1. Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The second Merchant Ivory movie follows a troupe of stage actors traveling across India putting on Shakespeare plays.
Merchant Ivory became synonymous with quality filmmaking over a period of more than 40 years, earning particular acclaim for A Room with a View (1985), Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). They were life partners from 1961 until Merchant’s death in 2005. Read More.
