Hartismere School

Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

Home Login

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’


The book, which the author prized and later disowned, has been made into a movie starring Cate Blanchett. But in the ’50s, it was adapted as well (though not produced).

See also...

Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism

Explore...

'Carol,' 'Erin Brockovich' Cinematographer on How He Turns Images Into Ideas

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

Understanding Fallen Angels

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Vertigo Film Score Analysis

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Edward Lachman Shares His Secrets For Shooting Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’

New...

Artist in Residence for 2026

Head of Department Psychology & Sociology

Summer 2026 Examinations

Our curriculum

Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943)

March 2026 Year 11 Mocks

Young Performers Theatre Workshops - For 12-18's

Parents Evening :: Year 9

Discover...

The New York Times Aesthetics Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Buster Keaton College Evening Vertigo Parent Knowledge Booklets Do The Right Thing Week Events March Theatre Pan's Labyrinth A Level Film4 Curriculum Psychology

Uh-oh - we were unable to load our website on your browser so we're showing you a plain HTML version.

We use many features found in modern browsers and regrettably yours seems incompatible.

However this legacy version contains (very, very nearly) all the same content. Each page is rendered on our server and doesn't rely on any browser features except the odd font. It doesn't even need Javascript or fancy CSS. It's like being in 1995!

Your browser is reporting itself to us as Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com). Please consider updating your browser to make the most of our website.

If you would like to try our proper website again - you can do so here...