The Passion of John Ruskin (1994)

Directed by

Alex Chapple

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

14 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short film about the writer and critic John Ruskin and his marriage to Effie Gray. It focuses on his refusal to consummate the marriage due to his shock at her adult body.

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What happens

The Passion of John Ruskin is a Canadian short film released in 1994 based on the love life of writer and critic John Ruskin. It is directed by Alex Chapple, starring Mark McKinney as Ruskin, and Neve Campbell as his first wife Effie Gray. The film focuses on Ruskin's persistence to not consummate his marriage with Gray. This film suggests that Ruskin is surprised and disgusted by Gray's pubic hair, because his expectation of the female body was based on Classical art and prepubescent girls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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