There are frequent interruptions in the narrative as it shifts its point of view between Vita and Virginia, which prevent sustained interest. Every scene is perfectly staged, a set-piece for the eye. The haphazard sequence of scenes and a lack of introduction to and the director's seeming disinterest in any character except the central protagonists renders these into extras and scene-fillers. The film, however, pre-supposes at least a passing acquaintance with these people, their social circle, their work and their ideas. Without this, much of what is said sounds like gibberish. One very good example is Vota's first visit to Charleston.
Worst, the whole film is as bloodless and aloof as Virginia herself. There is no passion and thus the whole exercise, a film about love, comes across as loveless,
Worst, the whole film is as bloodless and aloof as Virginia herself. There is no passion and thus the whole exercise, a film about love, comes across as loveless,