A recording of the introduction to MADAME BOVARY by translator LYDIA DAVIS, recorded March 8, 2011, at Film Forum

Summary: MADAME BOVARY: (1949, Vincente Minnelli) “Truth lives forever, men do not,” states James Mason’s Gustave Flaubert, on trial for writing his “indecent” novel, then proceeds to narrate his story: mid-1800s provincial Jennifer Jones, bored with doctor husband Van Heflin and dreaming of the romance she finds in books, meets Louis Jourdan and... Most successful adaptation of the classic, with Jones keeping Emma likable and understandable (as she must be) and a vintage Minnelli set piece: the waltz at the Marquis' ball, as the camera swirls ecstatically around the room. This podcast episode is a recording of the introduction to MADAME BOVARY by translator LYDIA DAVIS, recorded March 8, 2011, at Film Forum at the screening of the film.