Yet Stillman, who has only made five films over the course of a quarter-century, struggled to get his take on the material, eventually known as “Love & Friendship,” turned into a film for many years, cycling through financiers and producers until finally landing on an appropriate fit (to wit, a pact with Amazon and Roadside Attractions, who provided the film with a very robust theatrical release, in addition to copious streaming options). The director behind such sharp comedies of manners like “Metropolitan” and “Damsels in Distress” has always been compelled by period pieces that shine a light on the often hilarious - and frequently rotten - behavior of his characters, so his decision to adapt Jane Austen’s early novella “Lady Susan” into a very Stillman-esque feature film was a natural enough one. It’s safe to say that filmmaker Whit Stillman knows his wheelhouse.
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