The Age of Innocence

This week we discuss The Age of Innocence, Scorsese’s attempt at adapting the Edith Wharton novel of the same name. If you ask Samuel, who read and thoroughly enjoyed Wharton’s novel, this adaptation gets most of the way to conveying the same social critique and parched emotions, though it still leaves a lot out. We get into all the comparisons, along with the benefits of narration, Michael Ballhaus’ remarkable camerawork, and much more.