{"id":3356,"date":"2008-06-29T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3356"},"modified":"2008-06-29T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T04:45:47","slug":"revisiting-brideshead-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3356","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Brideshead Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X0Xql3fDM44&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/X0Xql3fDM44&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/Content\/Public\/Articles\/000\/000\/015\/259qcdat.asp?pg=1\">From the Weekly Standard<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>If you were forced to name the high-water mark of television, the 1981 Granada production of <em>Brideshead Revisited <\/em>would be a fine choice. Starring Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, and Laurence Olivier, <em>Brideshead<\/em> ran a luxurious 659 minutes, gliding smoothly along the rails laid by writer John Mortimer, who preserved the gorgeous textures of Evelyn Waugh&#8217;s dialogue and his intricate story of love and faith. Mortimer&#8217;s adaptation of Waugh&#8217;s novel is one of the towering achievements of modern screenwriting. Twenty-seven years on, the series still inspires a cultish devotion.<\/p>\n<p>Not content to leave well enough alone, Miramax will release a new theatrical version of <em>Brideshead<\/em> this August. The trailer for the film surfaced a few weeks ago (www.apple.com\/trailers\/miramax\/bridesheadrevisited\/) and it promises a new and improved <em>Brideshead<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Miramax logo is followed by the type of itchy violins that mark the Jason Bourne movies. The audience is shown an aerial shot of Castle Howard&#8211;the same residence in which the first <em>Brideshead<\/em> was filmed&#8211;and then brief scenes of Charles and Sebastian frolicking. Emma Thompson is revealed in the role of Lady Marchmain and then a series of title cards are shown as the music darkens to convey the mood of a thriller. &quot;She welcomed him into her home,&quot; one card says. &quot;Into a world of privilege.&quot; &quot;Into a life he never imagined.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>What follows is a series of vignettes featuring the characters of Waugh&#8217;s <em>Brideshead<\/em> but in situations that are utterly unrecognizable. Charles Ryder seems to be a striving scholarship-boy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RYsMO3rBtYY&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RYsMO3rBtYY&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Weekly Standard: If you were forced to name the high-water mark of television, the 1981 Granada production of Brideshead Revisited would be a fine choice. Starring Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, and Laurence Olivier, Brideshead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3356\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[609],"tags":[10004,10005,10003,10002,10006,10007],"class_list":["post-3356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","tag-brideshead-revisited","tag-evelyn-waugh","tag-high-water-mark","tag-jason-bourne-movies","tag-john-gielgud","tag-john-mortimer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}