Thanks so much for sharing, what a wonderful film. And I know some people worry about sharing like this online - but in actual fact I've just watched the whole film here and it has just inspired me to buy the DVD, and also the book of Vile Bodies, can only be a good thing!!
Just as well that Stephen Fry is such a clever fellow, because Waugh is great material and it would be a crying shame to mess it up. (Any chance of seeing "A Handful of Dust", again which is even harder on these scatterbrained idlers?) Adam didn't really buy Nina back, he only bought her freedom in the belief that she still loved him and the child was his anyway. As for burning the MS of the novel, I suppose he realised how frivolous its contents now seemed in the light of his war experiences.
wow...true love returns to his love & his son. I love it! poor Michael Sheen ran out of the country in tears! poor BABY! thanks for the movie dakgootje! I appreciate the free ticket for my Friday nite solo date.
Your guess is as good as mine. I think his view on the world has changed due to the war and not being a Bright Young person himself anymore - so he can't relate anymore to what he thought and was when he wrote the book.
@dakgootje That makes sense to me, the idea that he has changed so much, but I just don't like the idea of someone throwing away something like that. I've written 40,000 words of prose (over four years) and I love every bit of it (I write for fun). How someone could just destroy something like that, so easily. I guess he really doesn't believe in what I had written anymore. I enjoyed watching the movie, thanks for uploading it. Are you a fan of Stephen Fry?
I completely agree! My first reaction upon seeing the scene was "well, that is just a shame".. even though of course the book itself is fictional.
And yes, I'm a big fan of Stephen Fry! Think he is absolutely brilliant in for instance 'A bit of Fry and Laurie' and Qi. Aside of those, there are some debates and articles around by him which just show how smart, and moreover wise, he is. Looking forward to his next screenplays :) ['the dam busters' & 'the liar']
@ecaepevolhturt The money doesn't matter anymore. The novel doesn't matter anymore. All that mattered previously, conforming with society, being bright young things, running on that racetrack and winning---none of it matters anymore. Only Nina matters now, because he now realizes that in the end, after the war and the misery he has lived through, Love is all he had, and all he was ever going to have.
@Lenora1854 - Thanks for your opinion, I agree with everything you've said apart from one point. Love is not a phyiscal object, it's an emotion/feeling/desire. You can feel it, repress it, give it, build it but you can not HAVE love.
@ecaepevolhturt I love the technicallity of your correction--very true! I'll rephrase it just for you:
"the love that he felt for Nina was all that remained, all that mattered, and all that would ever count."
But I was drawing a comparison between the idea of physical ownership (the money he strived to make and failed, time after time), and the abstract noun, Love, which, whilst signifying the emotion, also stands for the concept of loving, or the state of loving.
@Lenora1854 I see, so the movie is arguing that love is more important than money/power. Things get so complicated when people start talking about love because love is such a hard word to define (well I find it very difficult).
Do you like existential philosophy (Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, etc)?
crying tears of blood. a masterpiece.
thebikesong 3 months ago
Thanks so much for sharing, what a wonderful film. And I know some people worry about sharing like this online - but in actual fact I've just watched the whole film here and it has just inspired me to buy the DVD, and also the book of Vile Bodies, can only be a good thing!!
violetterror 3 months ago
Strange to say, I actually like the ending to "Vile Bodies" better. It's much darker and sadder, but there's Evelyn Waugh for you.
drawgo 4 months ago
Just as well that Stephen Fry is such a clever fellow, because Waugh is great material and it would be a crying shame to mess it up. (Any chance of seeing "A Handful of Dust", again which is even harder on these scatterbrained idlers?) Adam didn't really buy Nina back, he only bought her freedom in the belief that she still loved him and the child was his anyway. As for burning the MS of the novel, I suppose he realised how frivolous its contents now seemed in the light of his war experiences.
Hendrikdevuile 6 months ago
All those candles make me nervous.
Rebel09Girl 6 months ago
wow...true love returns to his love & his son. I love it! poor Michael Sheen ran out of the country in tears! poor BABY! thanks for the movie dakgootje! I appreciate the free ticket for my Friday nite solo date.
ndnmichele 10 months ago
Super film, thanks ever so much for uploading.
heidehutte 1 year ago
I am glad you all enjoy it!
dakgootje 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading, ol' chap.
scudder99 1 year ago
I really enjoyed this, thank you very much for uploading it! The parts are cut just fine, too!
delilahtabby 1 year ago
@dakgootje Thanks for uploading this! Really enjoyed it
florenceftwolf 1 year ago
Why does he throw his novel into the fire?
ecaepevolhturt 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt
Your guess is as good as mine. I think his view on the world has changed due to the war and not being a Bright Young person himself anymore - so he can't relate anymore to what he thought and was when he wrote the book.
I'm open for better explanations though :)
dakgootje 1 year ago
@dakgootje That makes sense to me, the idea that he has changed so much, but I just don't like the idea of someone throwing away something like that. I've written 40,000 words of prose (over four years) and I love every bit of it (I write for fun). How someone could just destroy something like that, so easily. I guess he really doesn't believe in what I had written anymore. I enjoyed watching the movie, thanks for uploading it. Are you a fan of Stephen Fry?
ecaepevolhturt 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt
I completely agree! My first reaction upon seeing the scene was "well, that is just a shame".. even though of course the book itself is fictional.
And yes, I'm a big fan of Stephen Fry! Think he is absolutely brilliant in for instance 'A bit of Fry and Laurie' and Qi. Aside of those, there are some debates and articles around by him which just show how smart, and moreover wise, he is. Looking forward to his next screenplays :) ['the dam busters' & 'the liar']
dakgootje 1 year ago
@dakgootje I'm looking foward to buying the second part of his auto biography. I think it comes out mid September.
ecaepevolhturt 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt
Did not know that! Thanks for the warning :)
dakgootje 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt The money doesn't matter anymore. The novel doesn't matter anymore. All that mattered previously, conforming with society, being bright young things, running on that racetrack and winning---none of it matters anymore. Only Nina matters now, because he now realizes that in the end, after the war and the misery he has lived through, Love is all he had, and all he was ever going to have.
Lenora1854 1 year ago
@Lenora1854 - Thanks for your opinion, I agree with everything you've said apart from one point. Love is not a phyiscal object, it's an emotion/feeling/desire. You can feel it, repress it, give it, build it but you can not HAVE love.
ecaepevolhturt 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt I love the technicallity of your correction--very true! I'll rephrase it just for you:
"the love that he felt for Nina was all that remained, all that mattered, and all that would ever count."
But I was drawing a comparison between the idea of physical ownership (the money he strived to make and failed, time after time), and the abstract noun, Love, which, whilst signifying the emotion, also stands for the concept of loving, or the state of loving.
But keep thinking like that!
Lenora1854 1 year ago
@Lenora1854 I see, so the movie is arguing that love is more important than money/power. Things get so complicated when people start talking about love because love is such a hard word to define (well I find it very difficult).
Do you like existential philosophy (Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, etc)?
ecaepevolhturt 1 year ago
@ecaepevolhturt I always refer to "love" as an abstract noun, because it can mean so many things, so, then, does it mean anything at all?
Haha, I love that you asked me that... I'm more of a Neitze girl--blame my mum. :)
Lenora1854 1 year ago