Or simply watch the film and tell us what you think. And actually you are (currently) incorrect about my dislike for you. I find you not too bad. At the moment
Or simply watch the film and tell us what you think. And actually you are (currently) incorrect about my dislike for you. I find you not too bad. At the moment
Hmmm, well apart from one frequent poster here who thinks he fulfills that role.Originally Posted by DoubleDutch
Did I mention that the beautiful Benjamin Voisin aoears naked.
This too is a very powerful movie and the young Irish actor playing the lead, Dafhyd Flynn, is stunning.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Inside
No, you did not mention that! I will look for this film.
Haha. It's quite early on. He shows everything and he's got plenty to show.
Dafhyd Flynn also shows his rather pert arse. But Michael Inside is almost too painful to watch.
I've now watched The Happy Prince with some friends and we all enjoyed it very much. It's clearly a labour of love, beautifully acted across the board and directed with subtlety, every scene framed with almost painterly care. Sharp script, not melodramatic and with humorous moments (I particularly liked the reaction of the Catholic priest when told the man he was to perform absolution for was Oscar Wilde). The musical score adds much to the atmosphere. It helps to know something of Wilde's life as there is quite a bit of cutting between present and past, which might otherwise be confusing.
Inevitably we found ourselves making comparisons with the last Wilde movie starring Stephen Fry. We agreed that, good though that was, the latest one has the edge. The mood is darker since it deals with the years of exile, but it feels like a truer representation of Wilde, warts and all. Rupert Everett gives an outstanding performance - Stephen Fry's was perhaps a little too deferential.
I'm sure most of us on a board like this can identify with the movie's main theme of a disastrous relationship between an older and younger man, of the older man's awareness of his own folly, of his attempts to break free and then falling back. Fortunately we don't have to do hard labour in prison as a result, be spat upon in the street on release, suffer the break-up of our family and the ruination of a glittering career. All self-induced one could say, but hard in these somewhat more tolerant times not to feel pity for the man. Oh, and arsenal is correct, the actor playing the Parisian rent boy is sexy (he can move in as my 'voisin' any time he likes).
The DVD of the movie is available from Smile Entertainment on the 4th floor of Tukcom in Pattaya.
arsenal (October 20th, 2018), DoubleDutch (October 20th, 2018), francois (October 22nd, 2018)
I would agree with your critique of the two performances. The best 'Oscar Wilde' I've seen was on the London stage performed by Donald Sinden. He was mesmeric as he treated the audience to a masterclass in a one person cast play.
Thank you for that tip. I will look for it in a day or two.
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