The Remains of the Day - 1993 " The Dinner Scene"

The Dinner Scene
The Remains of the Day 1993 - ( Kazuo Ishiguro )
Anthony Hopkins , Christopher Reeve

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[occlusian]

Wonderful performance by Christopher Reeve; the only one in the room who understands what's going on, and how pathetic and *dangerous* the other "dignitaries" in the room are. Darlington, playing politician, being buttered up, while the professionals -- like, oh, Hitler, and Stalin -- are happy to play these little parlor games, to keep such dilletantes busy. I'll avoid the obvious (and possibly incorrect) Chamberlain comparison. Fantastic scene.

[BravuraK]

@occlusian Glad you stopped by to make the great comment.

[ranchump]

@missysummertime . are you playing dumb? what profits? iraq has been the greatest money drain for u.s. since whoknows. when did you ever hear a legit iraqi official complain about the u.s. stealing oil or profiting illegally? and if that were true, you dont think the new york times or huff post would have it on page one??? conspiracy lunatic. morons like you drive me to drink. why cant you argue the facts instead of making nonsense up that no legit media prints?

[DickieAnginson]

This scene is pivotal in showing that Stevens really did listen to the political speeches and goings-on in the house. He and Cardinal (Hugh Grant) both knew Lewis was right, while Lord Darlington allowed himself to be mislead.

RIP, Christopher Reeve.

[Counterbrilliance]

Right before Christopher Reeve became a vegetable...

[shnuggydunks]

Adamcrookedsmile - no wonder you have chosen such a name so aptly. Its not ENGLAND but GREAT BRITAIN or THE UNITED KINGDOM, you twat. Scotland is a huge contributor as the Welsh and Northern Irish are too.

[missysummertime]

@ranchump Its not a conspiracy theory. Its a fact that billions of dollars of Iraqi oil went "missing" after America invaded Iraq it was reported on newsnight and the papers in the UK its just not splashed all over the news because no-one can prove where it went, but the truth is that everyone knows the US oil companies stole it, Bush put Halliburton oil comapny into business I can guarantee that Iraq's oil was a major factor in the invasion and Bush is enjoying the profits.

[missysummertime]

@ranchump America has stolen billions of dollars in Iraqi oil wealth I say thats profit enough.

[sabinerey]

hear, hear. Professionals. I hope they will let professionals run the US.

[adamcrookedsmile]

@ranchump

thanks for pointing out that democrat congressmen and senators were on the boat with GWB (even though events turned out to make them equally wrong on the WMD issue).

[ranchump]

missed my point, adamcrookedsmile. 1. attack on iraq had zero to do with al qaeda- just suspicion of wmd's. 2. just because we found nothing, we dont retroactively render the initial decision wrong! that is not logical. we make decisions based on the info at hand, and as i stated, since he used chemical weapons in past, and refused to FULLY comply with inspections, you'd have to be a gullible nut to shrug your shoulders and figure there's nothing to worry about. utterly reckless.

[adamcrookedsmile]

@ranchump

The problem is that nobody can can prove that GWB and Tony Blair told the truth, because no WMDs factories and huge stockpiles were ever found, beyond some shells from the 80s. Incompetence is a poor defence for GWB. Iraq is not an inspiring country to live in, tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled their country to come to my home country, Sweden. Just like people flee from North Korea. There was no link between al Qadea and Saddam, the 9-11 hijackers were mostly Saudis, not Iraqis.