Brideshead Revisited

[MowgliX]

They are very gay indeed, but so what, who cares? It's the best TV series ever made, even slightly better than I, Claudius.

[nomeomen]

Which episode was this?

[aaround]

I was 14 years old,and I wanted to be like Sebastian

[HarrietWales]

Hi i am also 16 and take your advice. Have asked for it for christmas and will comment back when i've watched it. thank you.

[HarrietWales]

Sorry i to say this to all true Brideshead Fans but i have only watched the new version as i am to young to have watched the TV series. But have been watching a few clips if the old version and the old version seems to not hold a patch to the new. I will have to watch the old all the way through to comment further.

[touchdownturnaround7]

I'm 16 and I wholeheartedly assure you, watch the TV adaptation from start to end and you will never, EVER be able to enjoy the tacky, hollywood-esque Brideshead of the movie. Same applies to the book, although I found both book and TV equally brilliant (a rare feat), in part because of incredible way the TV series captured the book. Both in attention to dialogue and detail and in really all regards it was an outstanding transferal.

[missbabyice]

@HarrietWales - The old version is far better than the new film. You barely see anything- in fact, he may have been cut out- of Anthony Blanche in the new film and he's one of my favourite characters. New film was just a glossy shallow rip off of the TV series- they even filmed it in the same place!

[horcrux001]

beautiful.

[lisaandisabella]

This is my favorite scene in both the book and the series. Thanks for putting it on. I've made it a favorite on my youtube homepage.

[SchweigerTil]

I hate the ending.

[glyncart08]

forget the hollywood trash this is the real brideshead.

[JanaJ32A]

This series is one ofseries. my all-time favourites, and along with others, I agree that it set a standard for how a classic novel should be adapted to film/ television.

Brideshead Revisited was simply one of the most brilliant adaptations that I've ever seen, really!

[JanaJ32A]

Hmmm....I seem to be having problems with YouTube once again! If my above comment sounds stupid, it really isn't.

[dAvrilthebear]

Oh, the days of Arcadia!..

[bibliophilechick]

Poor tragic, dreamy, idealistic, Sebastian.

Damn, I love this book/miniseries.

[Azizah2008]

are they ghey?

[Tigerbos]

no they are not gay...they are British meaning they're not afraid to show their feminine side...plus this is years ago when men were gentlemen..a time that no longer exists apparently since most men insist upon being macho jerks...

[CorieFaulkner]

Why do people see homosexual undertones in everything nowadays... it comes to the point where you can't say a woman like Isabelle Adjani is gorgeous without being deemed a lesbian. I mean, people, come on.

[BernardProfitendieu]

@Tigerbos so you don't think there were any gay men in England at that time? they were all merely "British"? you're naive and Charles and Sebastian were having an affair - read the book if you have any doubts

[Tigerbos]

@BernardProfitendieu I never said there were no gay men in England and I'm not naive. I just said these two particular men were not gay and yes, I did read the book.

[darkness904]

yes, they have a love for one another. it's that kind of youthful, idealistic love that we all find in our youth....Charles grows out of his romantic love for Sebastion over the years but always feels the devotion he once had....developing more in to a protector of Sebastian.  No doubt about it though, Charles and Sebastian were in love. I don't know why those that say they weren't vehemently deny it! Truly sweet in their Oxford/early days at Brideshead, before Sebastian's downward spiral.

[kheldara]

Friends. In the romantic way.

(i.e. thoroughly in love, but probably not shagging.)

[mtzbeavers]

LMAO

[mmartini50]

A beautiful hymn to youth and hope

[tomata182]

Does anyone know of any sites or sources where they would discuss the philosophy behind the novel "Brideshead Revisited"? I have been assigned to read the book for my Lit class and need some help.

[MrPogle]

The friendship of Charles and Sebastian, acted with such deftness and sensitivity by these two greats, Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons, is the most poignant portrayal of friendship I have ever seen on TV. Jeremy Irons' voice overs are exquisite. The only other voice to match his: Alan Rickman...

[rachthegreat2]

oh yes :D alan rickman and jeremy irons are probably my two favourite actors and it mostly goes on the voices...

[glassandhallo]

Precious moment.

[brokenwall20]

i love this series & love the roll of sebastian which anthony played so well, i had the honour of meeting Anthony Andrews & he was every much the gentlemen that i had hoped.

im not sure how the remake will turn out, but i cant comprehend anyone but anthony playing sebastian.

[MrPogle]

Nor can I. He is a wonderful Sebastian. Anthony Andrews shone in this role.

[elizzievb]

I really think, now that I have read the book, that the series was SO much more, so much richer than the book. A.A. was Sebastian and no one else could ever play him. And the same goes for Anthony Blanche played by Nicholas Grace. I think most anyone could have played the wooden, one-dimensional Charles. Although he was the main focus of the book, I found him so flat and uninteresting. Once Sebastian was gone, I no longer cared about the remaninder of the story.

[SchweigerTil]

I agree. I kept wondering if Sebastian was coming back (I hadn't read the book). I hate finding out that he's a long-lost drunk b/c he was the most interesting character. I only liked Charles with Sebastian. Plus, all the female characters sucked.

[elizzievb]

Schweiger, you're right -- the female characters were cardboard cut-outs,although they did seem to flesh out Cordelia a little and I thought Cara seemed like she might actually have a brain. I couldn't stand Julia - wanted to smack her so many times. Anthony Blanche and Sebastian were the heart and soul of this story.

[SchweigerTil]

I did like Cordelia, it was a bit of a shame that she turned out to be so plain though. I suppose that was in response to her sister and mother. I even imagined Charles dating Cordelia later on. Who knows? The whole novel should have been about Charles and Sebastian. I can't stand when people say the whole thing is about Catholicism. To me, it was about relationships.

[canadianfreespirit]

that was one of the biggest disappointments for me, too. I loved Sebastian; Anthony Andrews NAILED the part. he's a great actor.

I think Lady Marchmain was perfectly cast and played. she wasn't supposed to be nice. and Cordelia is actually a beautiful girl. another fine performance.

[FrJcsc]

Ah, but the remainder IS the story. This is a story about "the twitch upon the thread" whereby God lets each character roam the pond but each returning to him at the proper time and in the best way. Sebastien ends up in a life of anonymous service to a monastery. Charles becomes a Catholic. Julia gives her life to the poor with Cordelia and Lord Marchmain dies a holy death. God in each case giving his twitch upon the thread and drawing each back to himself in the gentlest of ways. Beautiful!

[4Topwood]

"Ah, but the remainder IS the story."

Yes, the story is about how God's grace operates upon each member of the Flyte family.

Unfortunately, Sebastian is such a memorable and charismatic character that he tends to detract from that in the minds of many.

[holmsiantype]

@FrJcsc Lord Marchmain dies an ignominious death,a frightened old man preyed on by the church.Yes,Charles breaks,not for religion,but for Julia.Julia ,plagued by unwarranted guilt ,turns to her sister not to the church.Sebastion,akin to his sister,seeks to debase himself to cleanse the guilt of being born to privilege(his mother`s catholic guilt.).I notice you leave out Lady Marchmain.A vile woman abusing her children because she can`t reach the man who left her.Love destroyed isn`t beautiful.

[richmond450]

@holmsiantype What an inhuman opinion. You're obviously an atheist or a homosexual.

[suzycreamcheesez]

@richmond450 You talk those are bad things, lol!

[holmsatlarge]

@richmond450 Inhuman?How curious of you.I am an atheist,but not homosexual.I find it odd,however, that you think one excludes the other.Religion is clearly the driving force of the self destruction of the Marchmain family.Only Cordelia escapes,thanks to her down to earth approach to life.Bridey,on the other hand,would just as easily be a Zoroastrian or Presbytarian,as he simply followed the family religion.Others have called this self destruction "God`s Grace"-now that`s what I call inhuman.

[richmond450]

@holmsatlarge Actually, religion redeemed the various characters. It was sin that destroyed them. But what would an atheist know of such things. I suppose you think Sebastian should have just been a happy homosexual, and Lord Marchmain should have been allowed his divorce, and Julia her adulteries, and then everyone would have been happy. Someone who recognizes that humans have souls would disagree with you.

[holmsatlarge]

@richmond450 Redeemed?It is religion that dooms them.Happy?That is too simplistic.Souls?How charmingly archaic.Take religion out of Brideshead and we have an existential novel.With such divergent viewpoints.clearly this old novel still has power.

[FrJcsc]

@holmsiantype You obviously didn't read the book, which was written by a Catholic convert and is an exploration of the dynamics of conversion among both those who were born into the Catholic faith and Charles who was not. LIke a parable it is written in such a way to be understood by the believer and misunderstood by the faithless.

[angelmarine1292]

A brilliant T.V. series and really quite provactive truely it is a beautiful book and piece of film.

[tomionl]

"I thought of the youth with the teddy bear under the flowering chestnuts. 'It's not what one would have foretold, i said. I suppose he doesn't suffer?"

[JohnChgo]

"Oh yes, he does. You have no idea what the suffering must be to be as maimed as he is, no power of will, no dignity. No one is truly holy without suffering."

[JohnChgo]

"Holy?!"

"Yes, that is what you have to understand about Sebastian."

[soylamorsa7]

One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite series. Thanks for posting!

[JohnChgo]

Sebastian merely mentioning his private and precious thought to his dear Charles is just as good as if he DID bury the crock of gold at the foot of the tree.

[lochness11]

One of those very special moments in one's life. We've all got memories similair to this. Wonderful clip.