Saturday, July 26, 2008

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED




Drama

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Matthew Goode: Captain Charles Ryder, official war artist
Patrick Malahide: his father
Ben Whishaw: an Oxford student, Sebastian Flyte
Emma Thompson: Sebastian’s mother Lady Marchmain
Hayley Atwell: her daughter Julia
Ed Stoppard: her son Bridley
Michael Gambon: her husband Lord Marchmain

REVIEW
With uncompromising attention to detail (costumes, makeup, hair etc), lush settings, great cinematography and stellar performances nobody does period pieces better than the British. Sometimes called God's Own County, the Yorkshire County of Northern England has never looked so good.

Despite covering a period of some twenty years or so, the manner in which the flashbacks are handled makes it easy to sort out. Fans of this genre will not mind the fact it is a tad too long at 2 hours and 13 minutes.

CLASSIFICATION
for for some sexual content (very little I might add).

P.S.
Dipsomania: from the Greek dipsa thirst + the Latin mania which means “compulsive thirst”. This medical term is used to describe the uncontrollable craving for alcohol.

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