Up a Backlit Staircase, Casting a Long Shadow
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Bronte novel. The “book” of the movie does not use the words of the actual
book. Instead, the voiceover allows the screenwriters to telescope the action and
to direct our attention to a particular interpretation of what the viewer will see.
This information appears at the very beginning, right after the credits roll and
before anyone appears, “My name is Jane Eyre . . . I was bom in 1820, a harsh
time of change in England. Money and position seemed all that matter