{"id":13282,"date":"2019-08-06T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2019-10-10T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T23:37:30","slug":"chanya-button-vita-virginia-cinematic-gift-movie-going-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/chanya-button-vita-virginia-cinematic-gift-movie-going-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanya Button\u2019s \u201cVita &#038; Virginia\u201d \u2013 A Cinematic Gift to Movie-Going Audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13279\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13279\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vita-Virginia-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Vita &amp; Virginia poster\" width=\"850\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vita-Virginia-Poster.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vita-Virginia-Poster-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vita-Virginia-Poster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Vita-Virginia-Poster-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of IFC FILMS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While I generally don\u2019t begin a review citing production values, I\u2019m compelled to send a love letter to <strong>Chanya Button<\/strong> both for the screenplay, co-written with <strong>Dame Eileen Atkins<\/strong>, and for her delicate, but commanding direction of this historic, fascinating true story.\u00a0 Servicing the script with the eye of a fine artist, <strong>Director of<\/strong> <strong>Photography <\/strong><strong>Carlos de Carvalho,<\/strong> created a highly textured, moody look to the film with each meticulously shot scene a stand-along museum quality painting capturing the lifestyle and times of the bohemian high society of <strong>1920s<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a0the backdrop for the legendary story of two of the most successful <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> century writers \u2013 <strong><em>Vita Sackville-<\/em>West <\/strong>and <strong>Virginia Woolf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13275\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13275\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton.jpg\" alt=\"Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gemma Arterton as \u201cVita Sackville-West\u201d in Chanya Button\u2019s \u201cVita &amp; Virginia.\u201d<\/span> Photo courtesy of IFC Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13276\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13276\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Isabella-Rossellini.jpg\" alt=\"Isabella Rossellini as Vita\u2019s mother, Lady Sackville\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Isabella-Rossellini.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Isabella-Rossellini-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Isabella-Rossellini-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Isabella-Rossellini-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Isabella Rossellini as Vita\u2019s mother, Lady Sackville.<\/span> Photo courtesy of IFC Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Socialite <strong>Vita,<\/strong> played to perfection by <strong>Gemma Arterton,<\/strong> captures the essence of her character who is essentially a sexual predator flaunting dalliances with delight.\u00a0 Her mother, <strong>Lady Sackville,<\/strong> played with steely perfection by <strong>Isabella Rossellini,<\/strong> is disgusted by her behavior and informs her renegade daughter that if she publishes her latest book, all future funds will be cut off.\u00a0 <strong>Vita<\/strong> tries to defend herself saying that she dressed up like a man for research purposes, but her excuse falls on deaf ears and at the risk of being cut-off, she stops the printing of the book.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13277\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13277\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rupert-Penry-Jones.jpg\" alt=\"Rupert Penry-Jones and Gemma Arterton\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rupert-Penry-Jones.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rupert-Penry-Jones-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rupert-Penry-Jones-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rupert-Penry-Jones-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Rupert Penry-Jones as Harold Nicolson and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West.<\/span> Photo courtesy of IFC Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Vita\u2019s<\/strong> husband <strong>Harold Nicolson,<\/strong> well played by <strong>Rupert Penry-Jones,<\/strong> is a kind, considerate man who understands his wife&#8217;s sexuality and generally rescues <strong>Vita<\/strong> from her latest paramour.\u00a0 He is a diplomat and needs her to pretend that she is a devoted loving wife, which she reluctantly does, while at the same time indulges her sexual desires for women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13409\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13409\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Debicki as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West in Chanya Button\u2019s 'Vita &amp; Virginia'\" width=\"850\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-1-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-1-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Elizabeth Debicki as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West in Chanya Button\u2019s \u201cVita &amp; Virginia.\u201d<\/span> Photo Courtesy of IFC Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13410\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13410\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-2.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Debicki and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West in 'Vita &amp; Virginia'\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Gemma-Arterton-Elizabeth-Debicki-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West and Elizabeth Debicki as Virginia Woolf.<\/span> Photo Courtesy of IFC Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At a party, <strong>Vita<\/strong> sees the enigmatic <strong>Virginia Woolf<\/strong>, played to perfection by <strong>Elizabeth<\/strong> <strong>Debicki,<\/strong> who mines the deepest recesses of her character\u2019s psyche capturing her nuances and insecurities. She is dancing and their eyes lock on each other. <strong>Virginia<\/strong> asks <strong>Vita <\/strong>why her books sell more than hers and <strong>Vita<\/strong> quips, &#8220;Popularity is never a sign of genius.&#8221;\u00a0 Immediately smitten with the elusive famous writer<strong>,<\/strong> <strong>Vita<\/strong> asks if she would go away with her, which <strong>Virginia<\/strong> initially declines. With her hooks set out to capture the seemingly troubled famous writer, they begin to exchange letters and in one scene in a greenhouse bursting with a profusion of vibrant, glorious colors, <strong>Vita<\/strong> gives her prey a pair of matching sunglasses. There could be a metaphor here perhaps looking through the world through tinted glasses.\u00a0 Although the attraction is growing, <strong>Virginia <\/strong>resists the famous author\u2019s advances and is constantly beset with the thought that something is wrong with her. <strong>Virginia\u2019s<\/strong> devoted, most understanding husband <strong>Leonard Woolf,<\/strong> wonderfully played by <strong>Peter Ferdinando<\/strong>, who, despite knowing his wife is probably bisexual, is protective of her well being. It is interesting that each of these women have husbands who adore and protect them and when necessary, accept their attraction to the same sex.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13280\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13280\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13280\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Elizabeth-Debicki-as-Virginia-Woolf.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Debicki as Virginia Woolf\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Elizabeth-Debicki-as-Virginia-Woolf.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Elizabeth-Debicki-as-Virginia-Woolf-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Elizabeth-Debicki-as-Virginia-Woolf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Elizabeth-Debicki-as-Virginia-Woolf-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13280\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Elizabeth Debicki as the troubled Virginia Woolf.<\/span> Photo courtesy of IFC Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Overwhelmed with her infatuation with <strong>Vita,<\/strong> <strong>Virginia <\/strong>suffers a nervous breakdown.\u00a0 Her doctor thinks her writing is causing her problem commenting, &#8220;Women can\u2019t cope.&#8221;\u00a0 <strong>Vita<\/strong> tries to see <strong>Virginia <\/strong>but the family does not allow it.\u00a0 She tells them she would like to take Virginia home with her to restore her health.\u00a0 At first they refuse but subsequently agree to her proposal.\u00a0 In a beautifully crafted scene, they finally make love. <strong>Vita<\/strong> wants her newest paramour to leave her husband and run away with her but <strong>Virginia<\/strong> says she can\u2019t because &#8220;<strong>Leonard<\/strong> keeps me grounded and I love him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13290\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13290\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-Novels.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Woolf\u2019s novels\" width=\"850\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-Novels.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-Novels-600x541.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-Novels-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-Novels-768x693.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Virginia Woolf\u2019s novels.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an emotional, but somehow transformative moment for <strong>Virginia, Vita<\/strong> arrives at a gallery opening arm in arm with <strong>Mary Campbell<\/strong> played by <strong>Thalia Heffernan<\/strong>.\u00a0 The shock of seeing them together drives the vulnerable writer to the edge of a river and for a moment it looked as though she was going to commit suicide.\u00a0 But instead, <strong>Virginia<\/strong> uses <strong>Vita<\/strong> as her muse to create a new character who begins as a man and transforms into a woman or as she puts it, &#8220;The story of a hero who turns out to be a heroine.&#8221;\u00a0 The title of the book was &#8220;<strong>Orlando<\/strong>,&#8221; which, like most of her books, was a literary success.\u00a0 Writing the book was a cathartic experience and as a result, the attraction to <strong>Vita<\/strong> takes on a different complexion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13291\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13291\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sackville-West-Novels.jpg\" alt=\"two of Vita Sackville-West\u2019s 13 Novels\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sackville-West-Novels.jpg 510w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sackville-West-Novels-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Two of Vita Sackville-West\u2019s 13 Novels.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Vita &amp; Virginia<\/em><\/strong> is director <strong>Button\u2019s<\/strong> second film. It is a stunningly crafted period piece with a compelling narrative, lush costumes, bucolic settings, a talented cast, each of whom delivers a fully actualized performance, all elements guided through her skillful direction.\u00a0 After making several short films, she moved into features with her first film, <strong><em>BURN<\/em> <em>BURN BURN<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em> winning multiple awards from film festivals around the world, making its <strong>U.S.<\/strong> premiere at the <strong>Seattle Film Festival<\/strong>.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope this gifted auteur has a third film in the works.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13284\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13284\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-1902.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Woolf in 1902\" width=\"520\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-1902.jpg 520w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Virginia-Woolf-1902-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Virginia Woolf committed suicide on March 28, 1941. She drowned herself in the River Ouse by putting rocks in her coat pockets.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Vita &amp; Virginia<\/em><br \/>\nDirector:\u00a0 Chanya Button<br \/>\nScreenplay: Eileen Atkins &amp; Chanya Button<br \/>\nStudio:\u00a0 IFC Films<br \/>\nProducers: Katie Holly, Blinder Films; Evangelo Kioussis, Mirror Productions<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Carlos de Carvalho<br \/>\nEditor: Mark Trend<br \/>\nProduction Designer: Noam Piper<br \/>\nComposer: Isobel Waller-Bridge<br \/>\nArt Director:\u00a0 Neill Treacy, Natalie O\u2019Connor<br \/>\nCostume Desiner:\u00a0 Lorna Mugan<br \/>\nSet Decorator:\u00a0 Therese O\u2019Leary<br \/>\nGenre:\u00a0 Drama, Romance<br \/>\nLanguage:\u00a0 English<br \/>\nRunning Time:\u00a0 110 minutes<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 NR<br \/>\n<em>Vita &amp; Virgina<\/em> available On Disc\/Streaming<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bdaia-separator se-single\" style=\"margin-top:45px !important;margin-bottom:30px !important;\"><\/div>\n<p><em>**Woolf\u2019s most famous work beside \u201cOrlando,\u201d is the book-length essay<\/em><em>\u00a0\u201c<\/em><em>A Room of One\u2019s Own.\u201d <\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I generally don\u2019t begin a review citing production values, I\u2019m compelled to send a love letter to Chanya Button both for the screenplay, co-written with Dame Eileen Atkins, and for her delicate, but commanding direction of this historic, fascinating true story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":13279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2779,2783,107,508,2782,2780,2781],"class_list":["post-13282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-chanya-button","tag-isabella-rossellini","tag-movie","tag-movie-review","tag-virginia-woolf","tag-vita-virginia","tag-vita-sackville-west"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chanya Button\u2019s \u201cVita &amp; 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