Arena - The Private Dirk Bogarde Part Two [8/8]

[caranleone]

He lived such a wonderful life and seemed to have it all. Thank you for posting.

[madandmountedNorway]

Thank you for uploading this. I learnt so much of the man I used to watch in matine movies on tv when I was younger. I thought he was amazing then, I think he's even more amazing now.

And I relate to what his brother was saying at the end, about him being a hard nut and under the shell was the angst of being discovered.

[pheikphur]

thank you for uploading the series. it was a pleasure to watch.

[Kissrockguy]

Thank you so much for uploading this docu-series on Dirk Bogarde. I enjoyed watching this film on this very hot day here on the east coast. It made staying indoors bearable.

[hbotis]

Brilliant and thank you. I was looking for this on youtube a while back, but now got around to finding it. Pictures say a thousand words-- didn't want this programme to end.

[aBritaBroad]

I so enjoyed your up load.... thank you . Dirk Bogarde had a very interesting life. So, very sad his friend pass away earlier. Very Talented man. An Icon of England Stars. And, even now he still shines!!

[Dogstar060763]

A wonderful documentary about an endlessly fascinating man. Thank you for uploading this programme.

[KiaOra53]

How horrible to live a life-long lie regarding your sexuality. He should have had more courage and helped the cause by coming out.

[Bouncybon]

@KiaOra53 What nonsense! Each person has a right to decide how he will present himself in public. What 'cause'? There is no 'cause'! There is certainly no "life-long lie" in Dirk's life. He chose to present himself to the world in a highly 'edited' form so that he could retain control of what was known about him. He wrote book after book to tell us about everything else.

[Scotchegg85]

One of the most touching documentaries I have seen. Thank you for uploading this.

[gerryman30]

A documentary that offers dignity and celebration to its subject. Dirk, you continue to live through your talent and gift. Thank you europecinema for uploading this excellent documentary.

[BerlinBunker1]

I knew Dirk back in the early 1950's. He was not a close friend, but we did have mutual friends. Used to see him in a club in Hampstead NW London, and owned by the late boxer Freddie Mills. In later years, he invited myself and one or two others to see him shooting scenes from the Visconti film "A Death In Venice"at the Hotel Des Baines on the Lido in Venice. We also met Bjorn Andresen. Dirk was a kind, but spoiled personality, and a generally nice man. Liked him a lot, and miss his talent.RIP.

[JubalCalif]

A world of thanks for posting all of this documentary. One of the BEST I've ever seen. Mr Bogarde (may he rest in peace) was an actor who took chances. He decided he didn't want to "play it safe" & continue in roles of fluff & little substance. A true icon of the cinema. His like have always been few & far between. He is sorely missed, that's for sure!

[Zarathustra06]

Highly recommend Bogarde in "Providence", if you've not seen it yet.

[pierstheoneandonly]

@crime1234management

Typical gay person of that time? Well what did you expect? A gay person from the future? Oh, think I've just elicited your worst ever nightmare. Bedwet

[pierstheoneandonly]

My thanks for posting this. Fascinating insight into this important british actor.

[GTO3987]

Excellent coverage of an intriguing actor and man.

[nickhubbardtube]

Charisma,style, class, charm, mystique,good looks,talent...he had it all.

[1401JSC]

Ruddy marvellous!

The BBC excell at this sort of biography.

It makes you want to be Bogarde, be with him, watch him, know him better.

The film responds to these desires.

Bravo.

Thanks for posting.

[ytrogergt]

A true closet homosexual.

[mcgiver02]

he was not gay : he loved many women, such as Capucine

[ytrogergt]

Of course he was homosexual. Ahhahhaa... it's amazing how some people like to fool themselves... and they do it so convincingly. Like YOU!

[grai]

what makes you think he wasnt homosexual?

everyone who knew him including his sister and brother claim that he was

[12dave9]

Thanks for this great film,what a life he had.This is one of the best biographies of a star I've ever seen and I've seen a lot of them!..thanks.

[ronnias27]

Thank you very much for uploading this.

[Phillipa1]

I can count to 8. You didn't MENTION "Victim." You didn't say (just implied) that Bogarde became an advocate of euthenasia.

If :"Death in Venice" had been what Bogarde said....few people would have loved it. (

"How dare you smile like that? Nobody is allowed to smile like that!"). Oh. O.K. That's H.T. Lowe-Porter. "You must never smile like that--at anybody." (that's Visconti)._

otherwise....smashing job.

As usual.

[Phillipa1]

No--it's impossible. I must have missed a number somewhere..you don't just go from someone's late youth to the age of 43! Sorry...

[1401JSC]

I'm not sure DIV was a box-office success in early years, Philippa.

[Phillipa1]

I have no idea. It has been seen by quite a few people now, many of whom are devoted to it.

I was amazed to learn that in 1971 (this is quite off-topic) that not a few of the viewers of DinV--including Bogarde! (letter--but of course, he will say anything, having nothing to do with its veracity, one way or the other)--that the STORY of DIV was about--Gustav Mahler!

Well did you ever? What a swell party this is!

[1401JSC]

Have you read the1912 Thomas Mann novella?

Von Aschenbach is originally a great and estimed writer. He is dedicated to his art, disciplined and ascetic to the point of severity, and was widowed at a young age.

Mahler died in 1911 and had a dominant wife.

Mann always introduces contrasts between the Saxon North and the mediterranean South, blond men and dark haired men as well as lots of social and historic 19th C references. (Industry, rich-poor, tuberculosis, esthetics of Art...)

[Phillipa1]

I...know more about Thomas Mann than anyone else wants to know. (that priobably isn't true, but it sounds good). I do know a whole lot, and have read a number of books of his and others about him that are only available in German.

DiV was a elaboration of a personal experience of his, which took him a year to write. I could go into a lot of derail, but this doesn't seem the place for it.

[josepha45]

merveilleuse intimité d'un grand acteur INOUBLIABLE merci*****5

[dermott37]

excellenta not seen in years thankyou

[theuofc]

Bravo! Thanks for being so kind to share this Arena doc.

[jerrylentz]

Wow! Thanks for loading this up!

[lookforred]

Absolutely great!!!