Jamie's Confession (Long Day's Journey Into Night - Act IV)

[raiu0009]

I just finished reading the entire play and it's ingrained within in me now. I just had to an interpretation. "The dead part of me hopes you won't get well" ....man, that slapped me in the face.

[Rinjingin7]

I need to watch this movie,

[DearPrudence5678]

Eugene O'Neill was an absolute genius, one of the greatest American playwrights of all time.

[AdMortem94]

Couple of questions about this -

1) Is it directly taken from the play?

2) Does anyone have the text of it?

[njohnca]

@AdMortem94 Yes it is taken from the play, you can get a copy of the script at Amazon or a used book store

[starrbeatlesqueen]

RIP Jason Robards. Incredible actor.

[BadSushi33]

Poor Jamie. 

[coglan99]

this is fantastic! I have to learn a monologue to perform this june to get into Uni..can anyone give me some ideas of ones to look at please. ive never done any theatre before

[cruzc85]

this monologue got me into the conservatory of my choice for college. Its engraved into my soul and I'll find myself wanting to recite at times.

[TRwalnut]

@cruzc85 yeah its incredible..jaw droppping.....what conservatory did you get into? (if ya don't mind me asking?)

[lans546]

Great scene

[davidisbangin]

Great scene and very good acting! Jamie you jerk!

[knightleyemma]

Wow- great scene!

[Super8StrikesBack]

James Franco could play Edmund

[johnbourbon]

because he looks like dean stockwell (who tried to be like james dean)

[stevevandien]

Robards was always a fine actor, but when he played O'Neill, he seemed possessed -- the force, the pathos here are overwhelming --

[Arinna88]

Wow. It's scary just how much I actually relate to Jamie.

[bagpipe08]

i have to do this scene for drama..i am so nervous. i cant get the angry voices that jamie has in the film, so i added laughter to it. makes it easier to perform.

[susantamm]

This is the sequence that haunts me. There's a Jamie in every life, an enemy in every family especially if they love you. Remarkable that O'Neill could peal that onion.

[susantamm]

Wonderful stuff. We all have a Jamie.

[shostokavich]

Robards was astounding.

[Morgane08]

Most powerful part of the play.

[wildcat626]

All of these are so great. Thanks for posting.