Adaptations of E.M Forster by Merchany Ivory

E.M Forster is a writer who published such novels as 'A Room with a View' and 'Howards End', two novels which have been adapted to films shown in cinemas by Merchant Ivory Production, two films which I am studying. Throughout E.M Forster's novels, his views as a humanist reflected he work in his novels; he spoke of different classes and sexuality, key themes which were very controversial during the time (early 1900's).
Merchant Ivory

What is a Heritage Film?

The Heritage genre of film, refers to the movement of Britain and the British cinema in the late 20th century. It is argued that the Heritage genre was defined as a genre during the years 1980-1990 due to many well known Heritage films being released during this time, as well as Heritage films being shown on television, well known historical novels being created into film and the well known heritage film production company 'Merchant Ivory' began producing well known Heritage films during this time. Some of these films (which I will be focusing my study on) are: A Room With a View directed by James Ivory and released in 1985, Howards End directed by and Howards End directed by James Ivory and released in 1992.
The Heritage genre is sometimes considered to be a 'woman's genre' or an 'old peoples genre' due to the films being about historical events, the changing of Britain and the change in women's roles. The majority of Heritage films (especially those during the 1980's-1990's) are popular classic novels that are created into a theatrical films brought out onto the big screens like; Shakespeare and Jane Austen. Two of the films I am studying were originall written and popular novels. Howards End was written by E.M. Forster and published in 1910. A Room with a View was a novel written by again, E.M Forester and published in 1908.

For my Film Studies coursework, I have decided to focus my attention on my self created question: How the representation of Britishness has changed through Heritage films through 1980's-1990's. Additionally,I will be studying the Heritage genre as part of women and film.
My focus film will be either A Room with a View directed by James Ivory and released in 1985, Howards End diretced by James Ivory and released in 1992 and The Kings Speech directed by Tom Hopper and released in 2010. At this early stage, I will have to watch each film and compare them before deciding which film will be a better focus film and which films will be better to be my related films.
My refrences are both book and internet sources. The books I will be refering my study to are: Consuming History written by Jerome De Groot.