Heat and Dust

Alternative title: Heat & Dust
Synopsis: A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the film examines their parallel journeys of self-discovery and the eternal, seductive allures of the country. Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from her Booker Prize-winning novel, and winner of Best Screenplay at the 1983 BAFTAs, the film is a sensual and evocative Merchant Ivory classic.
Extras:
-Autobiography of a Princess (1975, 58 mins): Merchant Ivory’s fictional study of Imperial India starring James Mason and Madhur Jaffrey.
-Merchant Ivory’s Royal India (2017, 33 mins): conversation between James Ivory and writer/director Chris Terrio.
-Greta Scacchi and Nickolas Grace Remember Heat and Dust (2017, 42 mins): an interview by Claire Monk.
-Onstage Q&A with Madhur Jaffrey (2017, 22 mins)
Three archive shorts depicting some of the princely states of India (1922 - 1940, 56 mins).
-The Guardian Interview: Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992, 100 mins, audio only): John Pym moderates a panel discussion at the NFT.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1983
Subjects: History; Literature
Keywords: colonial history; film adaptations; India; Heat and Dust (novel)

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