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.
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