Maggie Smith -- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

[HenHanna]

They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean

Does the movie title mean...
when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?



2:33 Maggie Smith #21 - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) - To the
point of petrification

The title "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" refers to the

peak or most important period in the life of Miss Jean Brodie, a
charismatic and unconventional teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh,
Scotland. The novel explores Miss Brodie's influence on a group of young
students, particularly the protagonist, Sandy.

At the beginning of the novel, Miss Brodie has been teaching for
approximately six years. This is mentioned in the context of her
discussion with the headmistress about her teaching methods and the
school's curriculum.

[LionelEdwards]

Post by HenHanna

They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean
http://youtu.be/crJnW0UU2Ak

Does the movie title mean...
when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?

Yes and quoting Keats at the end. A golden age of high-brow
film-making seems to be dying with that generation. "A Room
with a View" from 1985:

[HenHanna]

Post by LionelEdwards

Post by HenHanna

They don't make films like this any more. Miss Jean
http://youtu.be/crJnW0UU2Ak

Does the movie title mean...
when she was at her most-Confident, Ablest, ...?

Yes and quoting Keats at the end. A golden age of high-brow
film-making seems to be dying with that generation. "A Room
http://youtu.be/JzLsrAx0n4k

iirc... this film (a Room with a View) launched Merchant&Ivory, and....


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_April_(1991_film)
Didn't this one have a Merchant&Ivory feel?


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i could never get into [A Separate Peace] or this one (The Prime
of Miss Jean Brodie)
(seems too old, and/or too foreign)
as much as into [Dead Poet Society] or [Paper Chase]


a teacher who remained "in his prime" (most-Confident, Ablest, ...)
and got petrified, fossilized in that state is Prof. Kingsfield.