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	TAP: Vol 13, Iss. 8. Biographia Literaria: Just a Story. Wendy Lesser. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		That condition is briefly gestured toward in the movie Iris, but it is never made as real as either the excitements of the early courtship or the horrors of the later decline.
		His sentences show us that John was a man capable of seeing Iris for who she was, the potentially ridiculous mixed with the utterly admirable; and they imply that she, in turn, was capable of loving him for the incisiveness and self-consciousness she lacked.
		The movie, by tipping the balance of power in Iris's favor, does her a deep disservice, and it does us an injury, too, by depriving this real-life fairy tale of the delicate tragic balance John worked so hard to preserve.
	www.prospect.org /print/V13/8/lesser-w.html (2555 words)

	Iris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iris (mythology), a messenger of the gods in Greek mythology, identified with the rainbow
		Iris (anatomy), the sphincter around the pupil of the eye, named for the color in human and animal eyes
		Iris (camera), a mechanical device which mimics the function of the biological iris
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iris (362 words)

	Iris
		Iris Murdoch was a prolific storyteller with a string of some 26 novels to her credit.
		Young Iris, played by Kate Winslet, is a free-spirited artistic talent who has no doubt that she is destined for greatness as an author.
		The story segues between the elder Iris and the life and loves of the young Iris (Winslet) as she single-mindedly authors her first book that she just knows will be published.
	www.reelingreviews.com /iris.htm (1297 words)

	Spirituality & Health: Movie Review: Iris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a flashback, we see the ebullient and youthful Iris (Kate Winslet) roaring down a hill on a bicycle with John (Hugh Bonneville) trying desperately to follow her.
		Iris would always outdistance her shy and socially awkward husband.
		Iris also is very close to Janet Stone (Penelope Wilton), a college friend whose feelings for her go beyond platonic love.
	www.spiritualityhealth.com /newsh/items/moviereview/item_3648.html (597 words)

	Iris (2001 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iris is a 2001 film that tells the story of British novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley.
		The film, which was directed by Richard Eyre, is based on Bayley's memoir, An Elegy for Iris.
		Winslet was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Dench was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Iris at the two different stages in her life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iris_(2001_movie) (131 words)

	"Iris" ~~ a Movie Review by the Filmiliar Cineaste
		Novelist Iris Murdoch, a writer and thinker of celebrated brilliance, suffered the mental deterioration of alzheimer's disease.
		This movie version of those books conveys some idea of the respect in which he held her and his faithfulness as her capacities died away.
		Despite this seamless matchup of characters, one is strained by the attraction John has to Iris as these characters are portrayed, though Winslet pulls out her kittenish powers to convince us of it, even while commandeering physical gratifications with other men.
	variagate.com /iris.htm (603 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Iris" review (2001) Richard Eyre, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet
		The movie is a story of love sprung from intellect, and there is a uniformly artless romantic magic between these two actresses and their respective co-stars -- not a soft-focus melodrama affair, but simply two eccentrics awkwardly, warmly in love.
		"Iris" is adapted from Bayley's biography of his wife, and Eyre infuses the film with the man's undying adoration and compassion for his wife without getting sappy or maudlin -- even after Murdoch's zealously sharp and insatiably philosophical mind becomes tragically ravaged by the effects of Alzheimer's disease.
		John and Iris fell in love with each other's minds, and while the love remains, he knows every time he looks at her that the intellectual sparks that gave birth to it are gone forever.
	www.splicedwire.com /01reviews/iris.html (685 words)

	Iris: the painful AlZheimer
		Iris is an all-round well-acted movie illustrating the effects of Alzheimer's and its effect on the brilliant mind of novelist Iris Murdoch.
		The younger Iris, played by Kate Winslet, is a vigorous intellectual, painfully aware of each and every word being said, to the point that she is analysing every word straight away.
		What Iris sees in the insecure and stammering Bayley (Bonneville) is a bit of a mystery, unless it is true that opposites attract.
	mammj.bournemouth.ac.uk /News10/otherStories.html (298 words)

	Iris (2001): Reviews
		Iris is difficult to watch, given that it requires you to witness the transformation of the title character from a literate, vibrant woman to the ghost of her former self.
		The movie's most artful feature is the fluidity with which the past slides into the present, echoing Murdoch's own unmoored sentience, so that the younger self, played with dash and vigor by Kate Winslet, turns into the old woman lost in her own home.
		But because the genius of Iris Murdoch is given short shrift in favor of her personal idiosyncrasies, the ultimate tragedy of a brilliant mind lost becomes murky.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/iris (970 words)

	Iris - a Movie Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
		That's because the movie intentionally focuses on only two short periods of time--her courtship with John and the final two years of her life as she lost her battle against the disease.
		The movie, directed and co-written by well-known theater director Richard Eyre, also uses an interesting cross-cutting structure, as it moves quickly between the young Iris (played by Kate Winslet) and John (Hugh Bonneville) and the much older Iris and John (Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent, respectively).
		A scene of Iris meeting John melds into John and the ill Iris, taking a walk, or the young, naked Iris swimming in the river segues into the old Iris, complete with bathing suit, suddenly afraid of being under water.
	www.tollbooth.org /2002/movies/iris.html (1186 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: IRIS
		Iris Murdoch (JUDI DENCH) is a well-respected philosopher and author of some 26 novels who lives for words and the freedom of the mind.
		Old Iris wanders outside, and meanders along busy streets and among strangers, all while John worries about where she can be and searches for her.
		Old Iris freaks out in the car while John is driving, grabbing at the steering wheel and then opening the door and jumping out.
	www.screenit.com /movies/2001/iris.html (1859 words)

	Iris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Iris Murdoch, Professor of Philosophy and celebrated author and her husband, Professor of Literature John Bayley, are guests-of-honour at a banquet at Somerville College.
		Iris Murdoch gives a brilliantly witty speech and finishes with an Irish folk song, "The Lark in the Clear Air".
		As she begins to sing, John Bayley's thoughts wander back to the evening when Iris was first introduced to him at a dinner and he was so taken with her that he choked on his wine.
	www.hollywood.com /movies/detail/movie/1092495 (285 words)

	New Statesman: The severed head: Does the truth matter in filming a real life story? By disregarding all the novelist's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		About halfway through Iris, the new him based on John Bayley's books about his wife, the philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch (and the Alzheimer's disease that first destroyed her brilliant brain, then killed her), there is a particularly poignant scene.
		The bewildered Iris is shown trying to work out how to get through an open doorway, as her husband sadly looks on.
		It was disheartening to learn that neither Judi Dench (as Iris bonkers) nor Kate Winslet (as Iris in her bonking days) had actually read any books by Iris Murdoch; Winslet memorably claimed that she simply did not have the time.
	findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0FQP/4574_131/83260519/p1/article.jhtml (1412 words)

	Iris Murdoch
		British writer, university lecturer and prolific and highly professional novelist, Iris Murdoch dealt with everyday ethical or moral issues, sometimes in the light of myths.
		Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin - the name 'Murdoch' is essentially Scots Gaelic.
		In Iris and Her Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire (1999) Bayley continued his examination of his long romance.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /imurdoch.htm (1608 words)

	Iris Movie Review
		Hugh Bonneville is the young Bayley; Judi Dench the older Iris; and Kate Winslet the young Iris.
		Broadbent, Iris' husband for some 40 odd years, still has the look of bemusement that led the deliciously intellectual Iris choose him for her mate.
		Though I would have liked to know more about Iris Murdoch as a writer, the film just couldn't widen its scope beyond depicting the intimacies of a dotty husband and an intellectually commanding wife and how John is burdened with caring for his helpless wife after her misfortune.
	www.killermovies.com /reviews/iris-review-hol.html (1014 words)

	Gamera - Revenge of Iris DVD
		Iris is eager to pick a fight with his nemesis Gamera, who accidentally squished Iris' parents, and this flying squid proves to be an able adversary for the mighty Gamera.
		Scenes of the mutating foe, Irys, are cleverly and beautifully rendered, producing a unique adversary for Gamera, who continues to come up with new tricks, despite having been in movies since the sixties.
		I enjoy all of the Godzilla movies as well, a new one keeps appearing every year, but none have been ahead of their time, or as well-rounded as the Gamera trilogy.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/PID/5521746/a/Gamera%3A+Revenge+of+Iris.htm (754 words)

	Greenwich Village Gazette: Movie Review: Iris, Written and Directed by Richard Eyre, Starring: Judi Dench, Jim ...
		IMDb: Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch - includes a cast overview for the Richard Eyre film.
		Iris Murdoch was a writer and philosopher and was quite popular in her time.
		It's a tragedy that the real Iris Murdoch went this way, but we feel the frustrations her husband felt and frustration is not something we go to the movies for.
	www.gvny.com /movies/iris/index.html (328 words)

	Iris (2001/I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Iris is played when young by Kate Winslet, whose portrayal veers from playful to irritating.
		Well, no, as her writing is not central to the feel of the piece (although it does touch on her gift for words, and the tragic loss of the ability to process and work with them).
		It is something of a downbeat film, which will leave the more sensitive amongst you with damp eyes, but essentially it is an exceptional piece of work about the destructive power of dementia and Alzheimer's.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0280778 (431 words)

	Iris Review Movie Review Film Iris: : Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Bonneville; Review by David Litton; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"Iris" falls into a category of movies I like to call "Sleeper Weepers," meaning you'll either be weeping for the film's main character, who undoubtedly goes through much tribulation and hardship, or you'll be rubbing your eyes open from sheer boredom and listlessness as the movie drones on and one seemingly without end.
		The movie sees fit to shove symbolism and the elements of loss and love down our throats without abandon, which would work had director Richard Eyre been able to inject some measure of emotional resonance into the proceedings.
		Perhaps the biggest disappointment in "Iris" is the lack of overall feeling one gets from watching Murdoch's life unfold in such a wearisome manner.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/421.html (571 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Iris
		Oscar nominated for performances in Mrs Brown (1997), Chocolat (2001) and Iris (2002) she won the best supporting actress Oscar for her eight on screen minutes as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
		Iris Murdoch novel may be evidence of Alzheimer's...
		LONDON - British novelist Iris Murdoch's last book, 1995's Jackson's Dilemma, is evidence that the author was coping with the effects of Alzheimer's disease before she had been diagnosed.
	movies.surfwax.com /files/Iris_Movie.html (737 words)

	IRIS/PINERO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Movies about writers are so rare that to find two of them in wide release at the same time must be one of the signs of the Apocalypse.
		There aren't many movies about writers because the art of writing is boring.
		Ichaso does an admirable job of condensing Pinero's life into a two-hour movie, but is forced to use shorthand and cinematic framing devices in order to accommodate everything.
	www.lightviews.com /pinero.htm (812 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Iris"
		As a biography of the novelist and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch, "Iris" is hardly adequate.
		The screenplay, by Eyre and Charles Wood, is based on Bayley's two memoirs, "Elegy for Iris" and "Iris and Her Friends," both written after Murdoch had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
		And as Iris slides fully into Alzheimer's, Dench becomes almost fully interior, conveying Iris' awareness that she is falling away from herself until finally, she appears to be a frightened creature peering out from a safe nook at a world that no longer makes sense.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2001/12/14/iris/index.html (1337 words)

	dK - Kate Winslet News 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		German Report from Martina Iris is still being rumoured to appear at the Berlin Film Festival (the Berlinale) which begins on February 6, 2002.
		Kate Winslet to Attend Premiere Kate Winslet and Judi Dench are expected at the premiere of Iris in London.
		Iris to Help Alzheimer's Causes Iris is hoped to help sufferers of the disease from which Iris Murdoch suffered.
	www.discoverkate.com /news-2002_01.html (2017 words)

	Iris Movie Review
		Aurelio Grimaldi's IRIS is a charming little story about a day in the life of a first grade girl named Maria.
		A girl on a mission but with only enough money to buy one Iris, she goes on a long walk to where her father, a bricklayer, is working.
		IRIS is quite a simple story but a heart-warming one.
	www.killermovies.com /reviews/iris-review-fjb.html (269 words)

	Iris Movie Review
		This movie is about famous novelist Iris Murdoch and her forty year romance with John Bayley, a professor at Oxford.
		Dench is absolutely graceful as the aging Iris, displaying a warmth and intelligence that really add depth to this character.
		As the elderly Iris battles her disease, we are introduced to her world as a young lady through a series of flashbacks that take place throughout the film.
	www.zboneman.com /movies/90.html (412 words)

	Iris Review Movie Review Film Iris: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville; Review by Gail Folda; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		So, "Iris" is a love story and a great acting lesson given by two splendid British actors, Dame Judi Dench as Murdoch and Jim Broadbent as Bayley.
		The movie travels between the couple's early years and their last years of life together.
		Her heartbreaking demise and the loyalty and care of her loving husband is the focus of this story.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/351.html (402 words)

	dK - Kate Winslet News 2002
		Iris Box Office Update From Variety -- Miramax's "Iris" biopic added five theaters this weekend for a total 141 and grossed $420,000, or $2,978 per venue, for a $3.1 million cume.
		A small rundown of the movie and a fan's details on the great extras included on the disc he rented from a local store.
		Iris Box Office Update From Variety -- Miramax biopic Iris expanded to 136 theaters to pluck $530,000, or $3,900 per venue, for a $2.4 million cume.
	www.discoverkate.com /news-2002_03.html (1618 words)

	BBC News \| FILM \| Poor return for Brits at Globes
		In Iris, he plays John Bayley, the husband of late British novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch who cares for her while she is in the grip of Alzheimer's disease.
		But he is now an established star himself after his role in Iris as well as acclaimed supporting parts in Moulin Rouge and Bridget Jones's Diary.
		Dench and Winslet were both nominated for their roles in Iris, while Tilda Swinton was also up for the best dramatic actress gong for her role in The Deep End.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/entertainment/film/newsid_1772000/1772818.stm (592 words)

	Iris the movie
		From her days as a brilliant scholar at Oxford, where she thrilled the world around her with her libertine spirit, through her career as a philosopher and novelist, Iris was truly ahead of her time.
		US box office for IRIS -- #20 for the weekend March 22-24 with $570,090 on 204 screens.
		Included is a beautiful full page pic of Kate and nice article about her performance in 'Iris'.
	admiringkate.tripod.com /IrisIndex.htm (439 words)

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