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The Remains of the Day
Dec. 1st, 2008 04:36 pmHaving watched this via Netflix streaming recently, I've been looking at a few reviews here and there.
A great quote by fanboy Roger Ebert:
"There are emotional upheavals in it, but they take place in shadows and corners, in secret. It tells a very sad story - three stories, really. Not long ago I praised a somewhat similar film, Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence," also about characters who place duty and position above the needs of the heart. I got some letters from readers who complained the movie was boring, that "nothing happens in it." To which I was tempted to reply: If you had understood what happened in it, it would not have been boring."
Which only reminds me of Clifton Fadiman's observation:
"When you re-read a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
A great quote by fanboy Roger Ebert:
"There are emotional upheavals in it, but they take place in shadows and corners, in secret. It tells a very sad story - three stories, really. Not long ago I praised a somewhat similar film, Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence," also about characters who place duty and position above the needs of the heart. I got some letters from readers who complained the movie was boring, that "nothing happens in it." To which I was tempted to reply: If you had understood what happened in it, it would not have been boring."
Which only reminds me of Clifton Fadiman's observation:
"When you re-read a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
