Brideshead Revisited - "...and I was bloody to him"

Also known as "the scene where poor Sebastian gets drunk and ends up crying on the staircase".

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[kidbitch84]

Sebastien looks like a cross between Zac Hanson & Ron Weasley...

[motherofpearl13]

...er. I'm having a difficult time imagining a cross between Zac Hanson and Ron Weasley, but in my head it looks hideous. Are you sure about that?

[thisismyusernamenotu]

Anybody know what it was Sebastian was "bloody" to Charles about??

[motherofpearl13]

Before this scene Charles had been upstairs with Sebastian, trying to stop him from drinking, and Sebastian says (I'm quoting from the book here) "Oh, mind your own business. You came here as my friend; now you're spying on me for my mother, I know. Well, you can get out, and tell her from me that I'll choose my friends and she her spies in future."

[brownies4you]

If you've lived with someone with an addiction, you'll agree that Sebastian's slapping of the photo at 2:39 is very believable.

When he "falls to pieces" on the stairs at 3:40, he gives the most believable portrayal of a man crying I've EVER seen. The first time I saw this scene, I sat on my sofa, trembled, and cried with him. Vulnerability is humbling. As a man, I know how it feels to cry that way: sobbing, gasping, humiliated, struggling to hide my pain because of my male ego. Whew!

[hotwok19]

If they ever try to remake "Brideshead Revisted", then whoever has the task of following Anthony Andrews performance of a man descending into chronic alcoholism is in for a very tough time. AA was distressingly brilliant & it is impossible to imagine any other actor pulling off the role so incredibly well.

[jamesjames793]

no idea why they remade brideshead when anthony andrews just IS sebastian flyte. he is absolutely heart shattering on that stairs and charles is a man without the tools to help the man he loves.

[tefilobraga1]

Does anyone know what the piece of classical music is at the end of this clip, when people are going to chapel?

[Wadj1]

Bless his sweet heart. What a sad love they had.

[tiemedown]

This is probably an inapproproate statement for the dourness of the clip but my god what attractive men they are and so talented

[cu449708]

When I first so this I was 12 years old and I love this so much that every time it came on I watched it, now it is over 30 years later and I think I love it even more because there is so much I did not understand watching this as a child.

Thank You so much for uploading this, I know I will never watch the movie. I can not help but think they change the meaning of this version, and the book to make a Hollywood movie that has nothing to with the story. I hope you know what I mean.

[WowUsernameAvailable]

Thank you for uploading this version of "Brideshead"! It is my favourite book, and it literally pained me when, a few years ago, a film version came out which shattered every picture of Waugh's masterpiece that I'd had in my mind. Now, here this old thing is, and it's marvellous. Such a shame that actors like these, like tigers, are disappearing these days.

[suzycreamcheesez]

@beardo373 apples and oranges

[suzycreamcheesez]

@selfidentity1 strange. That's exactly what I thinking about Brokeback Mountain.