Carol Interview Flashcards
Well, I barely even know what to order for lunch.
Only just; almost not:
she nodded, barely able to speak
But it did not include the death of one of its lesbian heroines or one of them going to an insane asylum or nunnery.
An institution for the care of people who are mentally ill: he’d been committed to an asylum.
asylum
psychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, mental asylum, institution
nunnery
A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent.
I’m delighted. I doubt very much I would have gone to lunch with him.
Feeling or showing great pleasure: a delighted smile.
Very pleased, glad, happy, joyful, thrilled, overjoyed, ecstatic,
No particular thought given to what sexuality means to these women, but also an insistence on ignoring, more or less, the naysayers, which was another aspect of the novel that was profoundly radical.
Say no to; deny or oppose.
I’m not going to naysay anything he does
Well, the two main characters in “Carol” are Therese Belivet, a young aspiring photographer in the film, an aspiring theatrical set designer in the novel.
Directing one’s hopes or ambitions towards becoming a specified type of person:
an aspiring artist
She is at a stage in her life - early 20s - where she is searching for the keys to her future. She’s a bit reticent. She’s immensely curious, a bit like a sponge, and responds to everything with an alarming honesty, much like Pat Highsmith herself, whom I knew. So Therese is her alter ego
Alarming
Worrying or disturbing:
our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Carol Aird is older, married and she is a melancholy creature.
A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause:
an air of melancholy surrounded him
Cate Blanchett is Carol, the older, more affluent woman. Rooney Mara is the young woman who’s, like, working-class.
Working-class : The social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work:
Therese is so enthralled by what kind of woman, the kind of depiction and representation of femininity that Carol represents to a degree that she says I myself could probably never achieve.
Enthralled
Capture the fascinated attention of: she had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold
Depiction
The action of depicting something, especially in a work of art:
the painting’s horrific depiction of war
And there’s something, as Phyllis so perfectly describes, in Carol the character. There’s something unhappy, there’s something mercurial about this woman.
Mercurial
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind:
his mercurial temperament
There’s - she’s sort of disinclined toward happiness or spontaneity. But I think, you know, what we have the opportunity to see in a character like Carol is the facade, the alluring surfaces of this woman that immediately draws and attracts Therese,
Alluring : Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive:
the town offers alluring shops and restaurants
Draws:
Attract (someone) to come to a place or an event:
you really drew the crowds with your playing
This affair could jeopardize Carol’s right to share custody of her young daughter. The affair could open a new world for Therese.
Custody
Law Parental responsibility, especially as allocated to one of two divorcing parents:
he was trying to get custody of their child
Custody
Well, since, as you pointed out, there’s this kind of, like, layer of artifice that surrounds Carol because of her clothes and her mink coat and her kind of affected style of speaking even though she’s very vulnerable underneath
Point out :
Direct someone’s gaze or attention towards, especially by extending one’s finger:
Mink :
A small semiaquatic stoat-like carnivore native to North America and Eurasia. The American mink is widely farmed for its fur, resulting in it becoming naturalized in many parts of Europe
Surround :
Be all round (someone or something): the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens.
Underneath :
She still knows she’s portraying sort of Therese’s image of her, and she has to see sort of be very careful and thoughtful about how she reveals the Carol of different layers beneath that.
Portraying
Describe (someone or something) in a particular
Underneath
At a lower level or layer than:
Socialite
A person who is well known in fashionable society and is fond of social activities and entertainment.
