The Picture of Dorian Gray 1976 - Oscar Wilde - Part 7 - 10

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part 7 of 10

Synopsis: Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) is a privileged man who sits for artist Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett). Gray is so happy with the results that he wishes he could look that way forever; Hallward tells him it could be so, but for a terrible price. Gray soon discovers that he no longer ages, but his portrait does instead, and as he becomes more corrupt and stops putting a check on his appetites, he discovers just how great a toll is portrait is forced to bear.

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[poppylv21]

This Dorian is annoying me so much... He's not pretty at all, just a pouting sulky teenager with a silly wig

[saturntiger]

not touching Dorian's hair is the MOST *can't find the word* moment

[KashyaCharsi]

When he says "it was a confession" I feel like I were watching La cage aux folles:D

[KashyaCharsi]

@poppylv21 Yeah, I'd rather choose Basil. I liked him more in the 2009 movie, too, though most of the fans didn't agree with me. Though this confession is so beautiful it made me forget the Ben Barnes-Ben Chaplin kiss *droool*

[KashyaCharsi]

Nice confession, but I have seen cuter, more crediting Basils. Even Ben Chaplin.

[antoinetta70]

Ah, Peter Firth is so handsome :)

[BelatedCommiseration]

Whilst the homosexual subtext is strong in Dorian Grey, particularly in Basil Hallward and Lord Heny Wooton (who could perhaps be more accurately described as a predatory bi-sexual in character like the Des Esseintes character in J.K Huysmans book A Rebours, another work that profoundly influenced Wilde) the text can be read on a purely aesthetic level as well as an erotic one, and in fact, despite the obvious homo erotic passion, Wilde may have preferred an aesthetic interpretation himself.

[lostismyconstent]

@jessabum2 Yes, he is. Basil is in love with Dorian. In the two versions of TPoDG Wilde wrote, one based Basil's confession more on the fact he was madly in love with Dorian and loved the painting because it was OF him, the other that he was infatuated with the painting and loved Dorian as an artistic object: a means to an end. This version (and the one I agree with more) shows the more romantic side of Basil.

In any case, Basil is gay and this is his way of "coming out". Hope that helps :)

[lostismyconstent]

@PoliticalPars Wow, I didn't know that! Amazing...

[TheWonderfulWombat]

@poppylv21 I think that's intentional.