Wuthering Heights (1992)

New tenant Lockwood visits the landlord. He finds Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes) and others in a farmhouse on Wuthering Heights. Thirty years before, Mr Earnshaw brought back homeless gypsy Heathcliff. The son Hindley mistreats Heathcliff. After father's death, Hindley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam) becomes the master of the estate with Heathcliff as their lowly servant. Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw (Juliette Binoche) fall in love.This version of the Emily Brontë novel is most notable for Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes early in their careers. I love both actors and they are quite charismatic. This has the brooding tones and it has the dirty gloom. However it may be taking on too much. It feels more like a highlight reel of a literary classic. The flow is off and it feels rushed. It feels a little disjointed.

Being a person fond of cinema filming and acting, dedicating years on this hobby, as acting did not become my profession I confess this is my best film. The cast is extraordinary for the roles- Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes in the main roles! Exactly one can imagine Cathy and Heatcliff. None version is so close to the book! Immense work done by the cameraman and the screenwriter introducing somebody who will tell the story. I have just look on the TV version done 2009 with Tom Hard- beautiful actor, but sweet and artificial for this role and it again remained me how good has been Ralph Fiennes in this role. If Juliette Binoche was British the film would had enormous success- because English made a big fuss of her not being English! If you find the 1992 version just look it- you will like it!

When writing this review I abstain myself from reading all other review first. "Wuthering Heights (1992)" is the best romance genre of all time and it's not only that (romance), it has many element that is not available in the usual romance genre. It has an horror element (or more preferably they call it Gothic), mystery, tragedy, revenge, and more.If you never read the book as I myself have read it you would be interested the moment Mr. Lockwood entered the Haunted House of Wuthering Heights. Would it be rousing to know why there is a young woman sitting in the dark when Mr. Lockwood entered Wuthering Heights? And that young woman while bear the same name with woman protagonist it's not actually the protagonist? I've forgotten how I felt the first time I watched "Wuthering Heights", but in this third time I still find how love or romance could be that intense and exciting to watch. "Wuthering Heights" not only very entertaining but also genius. It's not easy to find a movie that both smart and entertaining, because mostly it's smart but boring or entertaining but the artificiality is obvious.This is the best Wuthering Heights version because I haven't watched the other versions and now about to. The soundtrack so eerily romantic. When you see Juliette Binoche as Catherine you see her eyes is like fire burning so adamant which makes your heart vibrates. The scenery is just sometimes breathtaking combine with the music. And no other actors can be as Heathcliff as Ralph Fiennes even if he said he isn't. And no other characters of Juliette Binoche in her movies could made me so satisfying to look at her than "Wuthering Heights". You never know a fiery love before watching "Wuthering Heights".

OK, so I'm reviewing this compared to the 1939 and 1970 versions. For those of you who love the 1939 version, I'm sorry, but the soundtrack is just plain awful. That said, if you took away the soundtrack and applied a contemporary one, we may be talking about a serious contender.The 1970 version suffers from having a miscast Cathy, and as much as I admire Juliette Binoche, I have to knock a mark off for the same issue here, although that said, she really does her very best and aside from the French accent that is just about detectable, there is no doubting the passion she brings to the role.Ralph Fiennes is every bit as good as Olivier and Dalton. In fact, I would say his performance edges them out, possibly based on the fact that he has more scope to play with as this version is more faithful to the book. He really nails it, although funnily enough, at times he sounds like Leonard Rossiter; even that cannot detract from a powerhouse performance. Not since Peter Finch's Boldwood in 'Far From The Madding Crowd' has an actor been worthy of the words 'hotbed of tropic intensity', but Fiennes is most definitely worthy of that description.The music? Well, let's not mention the 1939 soundtrack again. The 1970 version was beautiful in terms of the score, but the 1992 version brings tears to the eyes and is more varied.This, in my opinion, is still the version to beat, and I loved the performance by Sinead O'Connor too...Seven years on, and I happened upon the soundtrack again today - it has stood the test of time. It just fits the mood and tone of the movie so well that it's genius. So from that point of view, in my opinion, Ryuichi Sakamoto should be regarded as one of the finest composers of all time. Since I wrote my original review, Ralph Fiennes has had huge success as Voldemort, but for me, he will always hold a special place as the definitive Heathcliffe. It's an absolute travesty that a Blu Ray is not available for this, although you can always download the HD version via Amazon or Apple etc.