Sinead O’Connor. I think Brontë would have admired her strong, feisty, wild spirit. Sinead was so beautiful here, her narration powerful. May she now after her own long, weary journey, be reunited with her beloved son. Rest perfect peace Sinead and sing in the wild heights of heaven eternally, for the flowers do not wither and die there. X
My favorite Production of Wuthering Heights, period. Ralph Fiennes is the best Heathcliff. I have seen the movie 17 times, read the book probably I don't even know how many times, and the music! The music, oh my God! Ryuchi Sakamoto is sadly the most under rated film score composer! Superb!
OMG, totally agree!! Having read the book, it's very close to the source material, unlike the Olivier version which quit in the middle. I loved Ralph Fiennes so much in this! His eyes were piercing and wild. I still get emotional over this theme song. It tears me up inside. ❤️😭❤️
This is the most closest version to the book, the actors in this version perfected the performance perfectly. The music by Ryuichi Sakamoto is the most amazing orchestrated music ever, if you have to watch another version it will never enhance this ever!
❤️❤️ Yes it is! I've read the book and seen the other versions. This is the closest to the mood and writing of the original story. Whole lines of dialogue are ripped from the pages. And that soundtrack cannot be beat, IMHO. ❤️❤️
Caroline Miller Yes the intro music is superb. I return to this video occasionally just for it, although this also happens to be my favorite movie version of Wuthering Heights.
Love eventually always goes wrong. Someone always ends up left in pain, either through separation by the will or death. Love is a tragic story to life, only thing is we can live in memories.
It is the most greatest novel ever written by a human , first i read it from an arabic translate , then i improved my english just for reading the novel in its original language and finally seeing the movie which is nothing beside the novel ,,, love from EGYPT
A reviewer I read not long ago said Fiennes did not so much as play Heathcliff, but inhabit him. He showed all his rage, his obsessive love, his ruthlessness...but still made him heartbreaking, and all without once ever going over the top. I still think it is one of his finest and the most underrated, performances. I find this part of the film so sad, with Emily Bronte looking at the ruined Wuthering Heights which symbolises the ruined lives of those who lived there.
the most beautiful adaptation of, in my opinion, one of the best books ever written. the casting is superb but its the music that brings it to life and really touches the soul.
I studied this novel when I was at University of Baghdad, Iraq. This novel is one of the best novels we've studied. I was feeling sympathy about Heathcliff. I still remember this novel however it has been long time since I read it.
@@samaribrahim561 Actually not funny at all. It's just that i read Wuthering Heights in 2018 and i was deeply shocked by how much Heathcliff is evil, methodically spending every resource and skill in order to make everybody around him to suffer. Reading this book was an awful experience, and i wish i had never read it. It is the worst book i have ever read and i feel very bad even when i think about it. Then i went here and i found out that one other person in this little world, a fellow human like me, actually likes this book and even has sympathy for the evil Heathcliff... and this person comes from one of the countries that are not famous for having had a very peaceful political climate in the last 20 years... Actually two tragically sad things appearing together in the same comment... and i laugh because i have already cried too many tears in my 40 years life.
I read the book before I watched the film and in my opinion Ralph Fiennes is the perfect Heathcliff, I was really impressed by his acting skills and it really touched me.
Best adaption of Wuthering Heights EVER!!! I have watched (and own) this three or more times already! The reason I don't watch it very much is by the end of the movie I am bawling like a baby and can barely breathe.
Racism, child abuse, spousal abuse....Emily's book was ahead of its time. I'd advise everyone who is a fan of WH to visit West Yorkshire if they can, and Haworth where the Bronte Parsonage is open to the public. All worth a look, but the moors are extraordinary. They are awe inspiring, hauntingly beautiful and breathtaking. There is also a pub in Stanbury next to Haworth called the Wuthering Heights in - also worth a visit!
Was in sixth year in CCC Co Cork Ireland. 1996. Thank you Ms Foley for introducing Kate Bush to us & this period drama with the no other than Sinéad O'Connor introducing it. I'm always remember being in aw..the best day ever in school xxx
Yes. The soundtrack is unusual but captures something of the wild beauty and discordant notes of this love story. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy of a CD of the score and often play it.
this movie keeps fascinating me in all ways ... everytime I watch it and listen to that music, I cant help myself, I have the feeling as if I ever lived there, the place, everything.
"take care not to smile at any part of it. it begins with a stranger." i simply love the way the narrator starts this novel. "it was the best of times. it was the worst of times." "last night i dreamt i went to manderley again." ~~~~ what great opening lines and movies start off on the right foot when the screenwriter recognize their value and use them
*"I never confessed my love to you with words, but if the eyes speak, the last of the fools could verify that I was totally in love"* Emily Brontë🌷❤️🇧🇷
i read this book after i read twilight and i honestly fell in love with it. it's an amazing story and it moved me in ways that no other book has. i laughed and cried (literally) and at one part shook with rage at heathcliff. i can't wait to watch the full movie.
So thrilled to see this here...I first read Wuthering Heights when I was 11...40 yrs later it is still my all time favourite....thank you CathysHeathcCliff. :)
the book is most wonderful..and I've heard the movie is also beautiful...I finished reading the book last week and now I'm reading Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre"...I've seen a BBC series of Jane Eyre..which can be found here in youtube...it's wonderful...the Brontë sisters were very talented... PS. Thanks for posting this movie...^_^
I love this. I love the soundtrack. I love the way they communicate in that quirky sighing longing expressions. I love the 90's at it seems to me the only decade that can produce such a masterpiece. I love love tales gone wrong, love is never to be possessed. Love as I knew it. In sum that's my life over there made into a movie!
Emily Bronte wrote this. Charlotte was her oldest surviving sister at the time. Emily was the middle sister, and Anne the youngest. They also had a brother, Bramwell. They were apparently very compelling girls, so their work will be very compelling. It is unique work that's for sure.
If you're ever in Haworth in England, check out the Bronte museum. Fascinating. And the moors are absolutely stunning...standing there with the wind blowing you really can visualise the characters of this amazing story.
he's not imposing enough. He was fine as the psychotic concentration camp commandant where his power was all derived from the camp system, but Heathcliffe's power was from his personality alone and Feinnes cannot project that.
@@deathwarmedup73 Not sure I'm buying that. Ralph's intensity is what's imposing. His performance is also one where we see the psychological effects of Heathcliff's having been.abused by this family after his protector dies. Even his beloved Cathy rejects him. The abused becomes the abuser. The ability (and courage) to demonstrate the machinations of the descent into darkness, while simultaneously making us relate with some empathy to that descent, is one of his greatest gifts as an actor. You may not be aware of this, but it was this performance that actually made Steven Spielberg want to cast Ralph as Amon Goeth in "Schindler's List." His job there was to illuminate the everyday banality of evil and corruption. I grant that this is different from WH but he's no less convincing. His Heathcliff is smart, wily, has fallen into revengeful amorality, but also remains compelling. He's quite imposing.
To all those who consider watching this film: Read the book first! Spoiler alert -- The film is good, and beautifully made at times, but the development of the relations between the characters is naturally shortened down to avoid making a 6 h long film, so we are missing out on a lot of important things that made it more emotional and logical. To me, the story of Cathy's daughter as a child was my favourite part, and I especially liked that she and Hareton ended up together. It was uplifting after all the darkness, and Hareton is perhaps the most likeable character in the whole story.
I’ve always been team Hareton. I love that even after Heathcliff tries his hardest to make Hareton a terrible person, it doesn’t work and Hareton still ends up being a good person and him and the younger Cathy have a hopeful future away from the misery of their parents choices.
Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. It was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, and a posthumous second edition was edited by her sister Charlotte. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche, for which he received substantial acclaim and praise throughout Europe.
I absolutely agree with you..the actors are perfect, and so is the place, the atmosphere and everything..it's chilling and moving at the same time..Please everybody..just read the book!
I read the prologue to my copy & apparently the original version which Emily Bronte wrote herself is lost as her sister changed it after her death. There are 2 versions of Wuthering Heights available, one changed a bit & one changed a lot. Think it's a shame the original was lost but love it anyway :)
Ralph Fiennes...how amazing, just the way I always imagined Heathcliff. I'm gonna watch this soon, I'm almost done with the book. I HOPE this doesnt get removed when I come back, or I'm gonna be soooo mad with youtube... thanks for uploading :)
"'Come in! Come in!' Heathcliff sobbed. "Cathy, do come. Oh do - once more! Oh! My heart's darling, hear me this time - Catherine, at last!" ... The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice; it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light. (page 27).
Yes, what's startling is how close to the spirit of the character Ralph's interpretation is. He's an actor with a lot of courage and his work is one of the better aspects of this 1992 version.
People always give me strange looks when I share my love of all things Bronte. Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are my favorite books. I just always understood them right off. So many of my friends cannot seem to understand Wuthering Heights, though. The same names and back and forth through time seem to confuse them too much. I wish people would take more time in reading so they can actually understand what it is they're reading.
This is my favorite version. I think her giggling is from a place of bliss when she is with him, from a place of darkness when toying with him, or being phony in the presence of others. There are different varieties of it. That's what I imagine, anyhow.
Caught the last three quarters on tv tonite. Was so glad to catch it again here. Matter of fact, I watched it twice here. Lover it more and more each time. Each time noticing something new every time. And oh, the music so moving. And more frightening each time. My new favorite!!!!!
This was the perfect film for a cold Winters day.I think Ralph Fiennes' brooding, smouldering presence is true to the book as is Cathys whimsical but volatile nature. Somehow , though, I thought of Heathcliffs moods as being more benign than they were and was quite disturbed by his wickedness and brutishness. Still, the movie resonates with gothic charm which would make Emily Bronte proud.
Changed my life reading the book at 40 I divorced and married a man who I respect, however I still can't really believe she wrote this book without help from someone who has gone rhrough love loss pain hate emotions 💔 which would have been her father who lost so much x
I loved the book wuthering heights, so I had to force myself to watch the movie. But I'm very pleased of it. Of course the movie can not be exactly like the book, but it is a very good movie. Heathcliff is awesome. I think it is very hard to play the role of the wicked, and broken-hearted man, who is desperatly in love with his cathy...
A Masterpiece, one of the best classics ever made which can be watched endless times yet each time is as if its the first. It definitely conveys a message that every person may bear a beast inside of them but if poked and proded enough may surface to a monster. There's definitely a lot to be learned why and what was responsible for Heathcliffe's character especially showing further aggression when he comes into money and returns because weallth and power gives him better circumstances for revenge. This version of Wuthering Heights I feel was the best version, the acting was perfect, the music was excellent and I was completely absorbed by the film every minute of the way. Fiennes and Binoche will always be Heathcliffe and Cathy. A sweet and sour story with an affair with depth in passion and love throughout. This classic is one of a kind and will surely be watched many many years ahead.
Greetings~ This is a message for Ralph Fiennes. Thank you so much for this incredible gem of film. Both Juliet and yourself are a true gift. In the past I have tried contacting Anne Devlin with the request of a possible sequel to Wuthering Heights. It wasn't until I had happened upon the most perfect novel describing Heathcliff's journey away from Cathy during his time abroad. The book describes Heathcliff experience as if clearly it were his own. It is narrated from the perspective of Heathcliff himself. Deliciously describing Heathcliff's personal experience. No doubt the amazing author does not disappoint, suffice to say Emily Bronte would be proud. If ever there was a sequel, this book would do Wuthering Heights justice. I realize it's a long shot but I wanted to share with you that there is a book and a possible sequel where it doesn't have to end. To share with you the incredible range and continuance of Heatchcliff's character and life while away from Cathy. Though to be sure, he does not miss a moment to express to her his very real and believable experience while away. The entire novel is a letter from Heathcliff to Cathy. The book is titled H~Heathcliff: The Return To Wuthering Heights. By Lin Haire Sargent. As beautiful Wuthering Heights you and Juliet star in, so is H~Heathcliff The Return To Wuthering Heights the book. :) A true miracle to see you both again. At the very least, I hope that you get a chance to read a copy of the book, to experience for yourself, what Heathcliff experienced after he left Wuthering Heights, then returned. Thank you~
I read this book three years ago and I remember it was a particularly hard read, but it is one of the best books I have read. I've read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein too, that's good as-well.
Because I love Vampires, I first bought the book 'Wuthering Bites', It made me curious about the book 'Wuthering heights'. Now i'm so obsessed with it I must see the film !
i heard about the book in twilight, to. one of the best i've ever read... i'm ten ywars younger than you are, and i was very impressed to! i only hope the movie will do it more justice than i've seen so far...
Mayhaps not your usual romance with the loveable characters you feel empathy towards and I actually everyone, but this is still my favourite book. And hands up this is the best adaption.
omg, can you believe this movie was made almost twenty years ago! I guess this is the version most of the 'young people' know. I've gotten the feeling this version is a bit unappriciated? by looking at the comments here, maybe not. :) love the score by sakamoto!
it is the best novel in the world! very strong, very rough, great love, great revenge, great humilation, great mercy, great hardness and great friendship. really amazing. i love it. i love strange and sad novels. it will say, everything can be in our life, every change. just one thing, i thought always that heathcliff has dark skin coz he is gepsy, i do not know why
