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- The film collaborations of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory were so successful that “ Merchant Ivory ” became synonymous not just with the name of their production company but an entire style, if not genre, of filmmaking: Well-mounted period dramas of sophistication, taste, and erudition that come across today as light-years more refined than “Downton Abbey” or other costume dramas created in the wake of their popularity.
Aug 30, 2024 · “Merchant Ivory,” a documentary by Stephen Soucy about the production company and the lead duo behind it, should be endearing for anybody who spent a lot of time in art house movie theaters in the 1980s and ’90s, the duo’s heyday.
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Aug 31, 2024 · What’s amusing—and front and center of Soucy’s Merchant Ivory—is how a closer look at Merchant Ivory Productions reveals it was far more than its critics realize.
Nov 13, 2023 · There’s often been unfair snobbery about the films of Merchant Ivory, the production banner founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, which gives Stephen Soucy’s...
Jul 15, 2017 · Merchant was the son of a wealthy Bombay textiles dealer – the latter a politically active Muslim, who refused to move to Pakistan during the 1947 Indian Partition, and encouraged his son to...
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Aug 23, 2016 · Despite 31 Academy Award nominations and six wins, “a Merchant Ivory film” doesn’t resonate among young filmgoers the way it once did.
Aug 30, 2024 · Director Stephen Soucy’s valentine of a documentary “Merchant Ivory” recounts their remarkable partnership as well as individual moments in their lives and careers.
Sep 2, 2024 · Ivory directed one film after Merchant’s death, “The City of Your Final Destination” in 2009, and its financial troubles basically ended the production company. Yet Soucy’s doc moves beyond...
