The deepest impression is the scene of the rainstorm, hey, Maurice, it hurts, it hurts >.<
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Clive and Maurice are different
Jasen 2022-03-21 09:02:49
It feels like the difference between the film and the novel is that the director tries to find an outside reason for Clive's dislike, highlighting that their friend was caught by the police, which seems to be the trigger for their indifference, but the main reason is not this. Of course the director also described the transformation of Clive when he went to Greece - which is an important turning point in the novel, Clive's view of homosexuality is quite platonic, non-sexual, and he is far from Maurice's educational level, Maurice Can't keep up with Clive's various assumptions, which is downplayed in the movie.
The deepest impression is the scene of the rainstorm, hey, Maurice, it hurts, it hurts >.<
The deepest impression is the scene of the rainstorm, hey, Maurice, it hurts, it hurts >.<
Extended Reading
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Alec Scudder: Tomorrow's Thursday. Friday's packing. Saturday's Southampton, so it's goodbye, Old England.
Maurice Hall: You mean that you and I shan't meet again after now?
Alec Scudder: That's right, you've got it quite correct.
Maurice Hall: Stay with me.
Alec Scudder: Stay? Miss my boat? You daft? Of all the bloody rubbish. Order me about again, you would.
Maurice Hall: It's a chance in a thousand we met. You know it. Why don't you stay?
Alec Scudder: Stay? With you? How? And where? With your Ma? Oh yeah. What would she say if she saw me? All rough and ugly the way I am. My people wouldn't take to you one bit. I don't blame them, either. And how would you run your job, I'd like to know?
Maurice Hall: I shall chuck it.
Alec Scudder: Your job in the City? What gives you money and position? You talk like a man who's never had to earn his living.
Maurice Hall: You can do anything. Once you know what it is. We can live without money, without people. We can live without position. We're not fools. We're both strong. There'd be some place we could go.
Alec Scudder: Wouldn't work, Maurice. Be the ruin of
[pauses; sits down]
Alec Scudder: us both. Can't you see?
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Alec Scudder: Now, we shan't never be parted. It's finished.