Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Don’t be. Just enjoy the experience. And watch Orlando, which is so beautiful!

Hundreds of years of walking on this earth. Never fade, never grow old. As a man Orlando can’t get in touch with his feminine side. Can’t dabble in poetry, can’t trust the woman he loves, can’t feel sorry for the enemy dying in front of him. So Orlando becomes a woman. Literally overnight. And finds she can’t think, she can’t have opinions, have a character even. Can’t keep the property she owned for centuries, can’t even trust the more liberal adventurers of the 19th century. So is it possible to live an unfettered life? Are men and women not just exactly the same, with only a difference in sex?

Even if you don’t want to contemplate these existential questions. Even if you don’t know how the book was one long love letter to Vita Sackville-West and her beloved Knole. Even if you don’t care about all that, just watch the film and enjoy the wonderful tableaus, the cinematography, the skating on the ice, the negotiating six feet wide dresses, and the perfect performance of Tilda Swinton. You won’t be disappointed!

Adrian