Yet the performance stayed on the screen. No lies.
Claus von Bulow by Jerymy Irons is glorious and full of enchanting magic.
You listen to his accent, a very backward British accent.
"Because Sunny asked for it."
"Sunny got what sunny wanted."
Tall and dignified.
He and his wife mention his mistress:
"...our understanding about...my extracurricular activities...I've been involved with someone who...falls outside the parameters of our agreement"
Who can imagine this Words can also be spoken so decently.
The process by which a certain Jewish professor at Harvard Law School helped him overturn the case is well documented. A professor led a group of the best minds to write a large-scale material for overturning the case in forty days, which is quite exciting material.
But nowhere near as eye-catching as Jeremy Irons' characters.
His smile, his wink, his various expressions. Somber, decent, full of connotation.
Other arrangements throughout the film are general. If it weren't for his performance, I would probably only give three stars.
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