Marriage is not for her, says Emma Woodhouse. She is not only too independent, but also too attached to her father, who has lived in seclusion since her widowhood. The young woman prefers to be there for others. Sure of her matchmaking skills, she likes to rejoice at the idea of forming couples, of bringing together lonely souls who did not see that great love was there, before their eyes.
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Emma is the heroine title of a novel published in 1815 by Jane Austen. And it’s also, this year, the first feature film by Wilde’s Autumn, a photographer and “clipper” known for her work with the best of alternative American rock, from Elliott Smith to The White Stripes and Beck, Built to Spill or Wilco. On paper, this association between a deeply British author and an absolutely New York artist was surprising. In the end, the way the filmmaker plays with pastel colors while choreographing each sequence as if it were staging a music video, has something delicious, both modern and quaint.
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