Favorite Merchant Ivory film? - Blu-ray Forum

Holmes · 01-13-2014, 08:36 PM

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For five decades, the name Merchant Ivory has been an imprimatur signaling a certain type of quality cinema: literate, sumptuous, classical. But the more than fifty films made by the production team named for Ismail Merchant and James Ivory are distinguished by more than just their glossiness: multivalent, morally complex, and inquisitive, these works, shot all over the world (from Delhi to Paris to New England), are stories of class and of social change, of cultures divided and clashing.

What is your favorite of the Merchant Ivory canon?

Holmes · 01-13-2014, 08:39 PM

My personal top five:

1. Howards End
2. Maurice
3. The Remains of the Day
4. The Bostonians
5. A Room with a View

Todd Tomorrow · 01-14-2014, 11:23 AM

Howard's End. It's just such a great story, perfectly cast.

AKORIS · 01-15-2014, 12:50 AM

Remains of the Day followed closely by Howards End

arcadeforest · 02-27-2014, 01:00 AM

Jefferson in Paris

Cremildo · 02-08-2020, 11:12 PM

I've seen less than half of them, but I'll be surprised if anything tops Maurice.

jeangreyforever · 05-16-2025, 09:40 PM

1. The Remains of the Day
2. Howards End
3. A Room with a View
4. The Bostonians
5. The White Countess

Cremildo · 05-16-2025, 09:56 PM

For now, Maurice, but there's still plenty of his work I need to watch.

View Poll Results: Favorite Merchant Ivory film?
The Bostonians	0	0%
The City of Your Final Destination	0	0%
Le Divorce	0	0%
The Europeans	0	0%
The Golden Bowl	0	0%
Heat and Dust	0	0%
Howards End	4	25.00%
Jane Austen in Manhattan	0	0%
Jefferson in Paris	1	6.25%
Maurice	0	0%
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge	0	0%
Quartet	0	0%
The Remains of the Day	5	31.25%
A Room with a View	5	31.25%
Roseland	0	0%
Savages	0	0%
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	0	0%
Surviving Picasso	0	0%
The White Countess	0	0%
Other (Please specify)	1	6.25%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

01-13-2014, 08:39 PM	#2
Holmes Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Maryland 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:779	My personal top five: 1. Howards End 2. Maurice 3. The Remains of the Day 4. The Bostonians 5. A Room with a View

01-14-2014, 11:23 AM	#3
Todd Tomorrow Blu-ray Knight Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Berlin, Germany Blu-ray reviews:1	Howard's End. It's just such a great story, perfectly cast.

01-15-2014, 12:50 AM	#4
AKORIS Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Beautiful Pacific Northwest 4K collection:662 Blu-ray collection:3655 Blu-ray reviews:19	Remains of the Day followed closely by Howards End

02-27-2014, 01:00 AM	#5
arcadeforest Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Sherwood Forest Blu-ray collection:917 DVD collection:54 Digital collection:92 Trading Score:3	Jefferson in Paris

02-08-2020, 11:12 PM	#6
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1051 Trading Score:51	I've seen less than half of them, but I'll be surprised if anything tops Maurice.

05-16-2025, 09:40 PM	#7
jeangreyforever Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2014 Location:United States 4K collection:31 Blu-ray collection:134 Digital collection:267 Trading Score:3	1. The Remains of the Day 2. Howards End 3. A Room with a View 4. The Bostonians 5. The White Countess

05-16-2025, 09:56 PM	#8
Cremildo Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Brazil 4K collection:165 Blu-ray collection:1051 Trading Score:51	For now, Maurice, but there's still plenty of his work I need to watch.

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