Withnail and I - Hamlet Soliloquy

I have of late,--wherefore I know not,--lost all my mirth, and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire,--why, it appeareth nothing thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither. . .

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[AHafan2]

I love his bow at the end, and how the rain on his umbrella sounds like applause

[joeisaflyingfish]

@uksnootyfox I disagree, i think Withnail could be a brilliant actor and that this is done superbly, but that's the great tragedy of it. He gives his best performance when no one is there to see it and he genuinely allows his own emotions at Marwood leaving to overcome him, when the rest of the time he tries so hard to succeed that he never does.

[mfbx9sbf1]

as a youth i used to weep in butcher shops

[johnjotto]

i sometimes wonder where norman is now. proberly wintering with his mother in guildford a cat, rain, vim under the sink and both bars on but old now there can be no true bueaty without decay.

[johnjotto]

dont threatin me with a dead fish.

[MrAdammassacre]

@evilceel ;)

[evilceel]

@MrAdammassacre you nearly made me choke on my mini roll

[finmagik]

See, he WAS a good actor!

[caveofprogramming]

As someone else pointed out, the really touching thing about this great scene is that finally you see proof that Withnail really is a great actor --- but he has wasted all his talent and chances by being drunk all the time and refusing to work his way up. The original script had him blowing his brains out after this ...

[iamwalkingthec0w]

the 5 who clicked dislike are terrible cunts