How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.
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Ms. Moorhouse (whose previous films include “Proof” and “How to Make an American Quilt” ) and her costume and production designers make the most of the period setting, and it’s fun to watch good actors play dress-up, especially Mr. Weaving, whose character is a cross-dressing constable.
The Dressmaker is the first feature in 18 years from Australian filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse, whose success here with 1991's Proof took her to Hollywood for How to Make an American Quilt and then an intimate reworking of King Lear, A Thousand Acres.
After almost two decades away from directing, Australian filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, How to Make an American Quilt) returns with this bizarre home-grown curiosity.
After a smashing Aussie debut with 1991's Proof, Moorhouse worked in Hollywood with scant success on How To Make an American Quilt (1995) and A Thousand Acres (1997).
Jocelyn Moorhouse (“How to Make an American Quilt”) attempts to direct it like a Western but with Barry Sonnenfeld wide angle lens freak-outs.
You would be forgiven for thinking the filmmaker who made that film, one of the true Australian greats, as well as How to Make an American Quilt and A Thousand Acres didn’t have a hand in The Dressmaker, but stranger things have happened and maybe she's just a little bit rusty behind the camera.