Sally Potter’s costume drama Orlando is described in a review by James Berardinelli as a “lavish tour through 400 years of history” Berardinelli believed Orlando to be “thin on story”, this comment unintentionally concurs with the essay question; the visual nature of the film disrupts the story and draws the viewer away from the meaning created by Virginia Woolf in her book by the same name published in 1928. Woolf wrote Orlando for her close friend …showed first 75 words of 1444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1444 total…th, 18th and 19th centuries. King James’ behavior in Love is a critique of English xenophobia. Orlando and Sash, while conversing in French, discuss what the English do when speaking with foreigners if they do not learn foreign languages. Orlando informs Sash “Ils parlent Anglais plus forts.” They speak English louder. Subsequently the shot changes to one of King James speaking very loudly to the Russian ambassador and not allowing the translator to finish translating.