Film- - Vanity Fair -2004

Some argue Nair sacrificed Thackeray’s sharp, cynical satire to make Becky a more likable, contemporary protagonist [33].

Like the book, the film presents characters with deep flaws, suggesting that everyone is "striving for what is not worth having". Visual Style: vanity fair -2004 film-

If you have only seen British heritage cinema (think Sense and Sensibility or The Remains of the Day ), the will feel like a slap of heat and color. Director Mira Nair ( Monsoon Wedding , Salaam Bombay! ) refused to shoot the film in the muted grays of wintry London. Instead, she used Thackeray’s own subtext—that the British Empire relied on the exploitation of India—as a visual leitmotif. Some argue Nair sacrificed Thackeray’s sharp