“Lady Chatterley’s Lover” Review of Telluride’s hot new adaptation of a classic novel starring Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell
The torrid love story of a commoner and his artistocratic bride by D.H. Lawrence has sparked anger and enjoyed enduring popularity ever since it was first published in 1928.
It was so scandalous that an unexpurgated version never appeared until the publisher of the uncut version won an obscenity trial in Britain in 1960, which resulted in 3 million more copies being sold.
This is in addition to the numerous film and television versions that have been tried over the years, including a 1955 film that was itself the target of censorship complaints.
The story has been given a fresh spin by French actress and director Laure deClermont-Tonnerre.
It stars Emma Corrin (The Crown) as Connie, who marries blissfully into England’s top crust only to have an affair with her husband’s new gameskeeper, Oliver Mellors, played by Jack O’Connell.
Without the proper and convincing chemistry between the two lovers, who are both married to other people, this thing could crumble like a souffle.