A tale of art, beauty, lust, greed, deception and retribution set in a refined society ablaze with tulip fever. Alicia vikander teases new period drama tulip fever. The film, based on a tom stoppard script and an acclaimed novel, is finally being. Rather like postbellum paper railroads in america, speculation on tulip futures was intense, frenzied, full of graft and greed, and, ultimately, largely built of nothing but grandiose dreams and.
Based on deborah moggachs novel of the same name, tulip fever is a classic story of love and art set in 17th century netherlands. I gave tulip fever the benefit of the doubt, and that was a mistake. During the 1630s in amsterdam, local inhabitants sought to secure immortality by having their respective portraits painted. It offers curious viewers a very horny, titanicesque forbidden romance, a subplot involving someone pretending to be pregnant for nine months, and then juxtaposes that with indepth sequences about the tulip trade in 1600s amsterdam. Tulip fever is a lovely and bloodless failure of a movie vox. The sins of lust, greed, and vanity combine with a destructive force in the novel tulip fever by deborah moggach. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tulip fever.
Its a fittingly strange ending to one of the most mysteriously drawnout. There arent that many standout characters in tulip fever. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide. Everywhere men are seduced by the fantastic exotic flower. Seventeenthcentury amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealkth it has generated. Tulip fever is the story of how sophia and jan plot to outwit cornelis and run off together. It stars alicia vikander, dane dehaan, jack oconnell, holliday grainger, tom hollander, matthew morrison, kevin mckidd, douglas hodge, joanna scanlan, zach galifianakis, judi dench, and christoph waltz.
Suspenseful and full of intrigue, tulip fever is a gripping period drama based on a bestselling novel. Sign me up to get more news about historical fiction books. A still of christoph waltz and alicia vikander in the film tulip fever. In the 1630s, amsterdam society was very hierarchical. Dehaan and vikander are your classic, here are two attractive people put together vs two people with chemistry. Tulip fever sophia alicia vikander and jon dane dehaan however, i cannot say youll necessarily care about anything or anyone. Jasmyne tzitziras i just got to this part in the book. Not since patrick suskindsperfumehas a work of fiction so vividly evoked a time, a place, and a passion. In the novel, set in amsterdam in 1636, forbidden passion also flowers within the. Tulip fever by deborah moggach is a work of historical fiction that has been sitting in my to be read pile since march 20. In its title, tulip fever refers to the volatile market for tulips as investments that. An artist falls for a young married woman while hes commissioned to paint her portrait during the tulip mania of seventeenth century amsterdam. A simulated pregnancy and the citys tulipmania are essential. Tulip fever by deborah moggach book club discussion.
It was originally scheduled to come out in 2016, but the release was delayed. This study guide consists of approximately 72 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of tulip fever. It was announced in 20, and screened at the 2015 venice film festival, but then its release dates kept. A simulated pregnancy and the citys tulipmania are essential elements in the scheme, as are sophias. In 1630s amsterdam, tulipomania has seized the populace. Alicia vikander, dane dehaan and christoph waltz play residents of 17thcentury amsterdam in tulip fever, a romantic drama involving art, adultery and highstakes flower bulbs. They begin an affair during the height of the tulip war in the netherlands during the mid1600s that drastically changes the lives of all those involved. Tulip fever follows sophia, the wife of a rich merchant, who slowly falls in love with the artist responsible for commissioning a portrait of her and her husband. Sign up to our emails to be the first to know about new releases, the latest news from deborah moggach, and take part in exclusive subscriber competitions and surveys. Tulip fever is a 2017 historical romantic drama film directed by justin chadwick and written by deborah moggach and tom stoppard, adapted from moggachs novel of the same name. In 1630s amsterdam, tulip fever has seized the populace. Seldom has a novel so vividly evoked a time, a place, and a passion. Why did it take three years to release tulip fever.
The surroundings included objects representing her husbands piety along with a tulip. But for wealthy merchant cornelis sandvoort, it is his young and. Tulip fever, the new weinstein company movie about the dutch tulip craze, has a slightly troubled production history. While comparisons are often made between the tulip crash of 1637 and the stock markets plunge in 1929, reading a fictional account of the craze was quite informative.
All artists know this, but they try to make sense of it. Based on deborah moggachs novel and shelved for well over a year, tulip fever is supposedly about the fascinating, reallife tulip craze of the 17th century, when people paid fortunes for bulbs. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sophia alicia vikander, the heroine, comes across as insipid, though her boorish.
Tulip fever is a 1999 novel by british author deborah moggach, set in 1630s amsterdam. It takes place in the netherlands in the 17th century when the inflated speculation in tulip bulbs is in full bloom. Tulip fevers second half is a harvest of stupidity, with mistaken identities, overheard conversations, characters conveniently swept away by circumstance and cara delevingne as a combination. This simple drama does scatter in historical events and social behaviors of the time. To paraphrase bill murrays famous line from tootsie, the longdelayed tulip fever is one nutty 17th century melodrama. Tulip fever is a 2017 historical romantic drama film directed by justin chadwick and written by deborah moggach and tom stoppard, adapted from moggachs novel of the. Tulip fever bookstr bookstr book news, best selling. The vulture writer kyle buchanan has already provided a rundown of the.
The story follows a young wife whos unable to conceive and after falling for a painter plots. With alicia vikander, dane dehaan, jack oconnell, holliday grainger. Anyone who has been following my blog for awhile knows im a fan of historical fiction so, once again in an effort to read more of the older books ive acquired and not yet read, i made it a priority to read tulip fever in 2019. The latter might not be entirely the movies fault but i dont know the novel it is based on so i. Everything you need to know about tulip fever movie 2017. Harvey weinstein is an occasional contributor to deadline when he has something on his mind.
Sophias husband cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. Tulip fever is a story infused with metaphor and imagery laced through a time in dutch history when the tulip was more valuable than gold. The rights were controlled by a brilliant producer, alison owen. In the end, sophias entire personality consists of vikanders sad, wide. In 17th century amsterdam, an orphaned girl alicia vikander is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant christoph waltz an u. A number of years ago i fell in love with a book called tulip fever.
Tulip fever is a pretty picture, and it effectively transports you back in time, but once you are there youll be headed to the exit before you can even smell the tulips. Moggach, deborah, tulip fever, the dial press, december 18, 2007. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his young bride. Tulip fever has two main issues its occassionally odd tone and its plot. Im sure this is a great author sadly this book just isnt for me. There is very little about that hectic and often violent period in the history of holland, and its only incidental to the main story which is the illicit love affair between the artist and the wife of a rich, elderly man. But while i loved the unique setting and enjoyed all the factoids i learned, in the end i was disappointted to find that tulip. Turn the paintings round and enjoy their beauty, for they shall outlast us all, writes cornelis in his final note. Harvey weinstein on the challenge of growing tulip fever. But tulip fever reveals itself to be so nutty because it explicitly believes its not crazy, rambling. Tulip fever i must admit that i saw the movie and loved it. Tulip fever trailer 1 2017 cara delevingne, alicia vikander drama movie hd official trailer. Tulip fever is an interesting examination of the little known time when vast fortunes were both made and lost in the tulip flower bulb industry. Sophia sandvoort sits for such a portrait next to her elderly husband cornelis.
Moggachs book is set in the netherlands in the 17th century, at the height of tulip mania, a phenomenon where the recently introduced flower became the. It stars alicia vikander, dane dehaan, jack oconnell, holliday grainger, tom hollander, matthew morrison, kevin mckidd, douglas hodge, joanna scanlan, zach galifianakis, judi dench, and. There never was a real tulip fever a new movie sets its doomed entrepreneurs amidst 17thcentury tulipmaniabut historians of the. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Tulip fever by deborah moggach reading guidebook club. In the end, although all the characters have sinned, one sophia turns to the church and. The latter might not be entirely the movies fault but i dont know the novel it is based on so i cant compare them. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of tulip fever by deborah moggach. Tulips, flowers, and petals play a far greater role in the story than as simply a trading commodity. The russia house billy bathgate poodle springs shakespeare in love enigma anna karenina parades end.
Among people who keep an eye on movie news, tulip fever has been a bit of a folk tale. This book s title is tulip fever, not painting or artists, or even a love affair. There never was a real tulip fever history smithsonian. There are numerous, ridiculous twists that tulip fever delivers with a completely straight face, and its all. In amsterdam during the 1630s, fortunes were made and lost speculating on tulips. Tulip fever on dvd november 28, 2017 starring judi dench, matthew morrison, cara delevingne, cressida bonas. Tulip fever is a 1999 novel by british author deborah moggach, set in.