The Elegy of the Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets

Francesca 2022-03-23 09:02:13

This is the most forbearing love in the history of movies, it is obviously the elegy of the empire on which the sun never sets. The line of the housekeeper's memory brought out the international political pattern between World War I and World War II, the appeasement of Britain and France, and the three countries initially formed the opinion of ceding Czech territory at Darlington Manor, which later formed the infamous "Munich Agreement" and accelerated the second stage. When World War II broke out, Czechoslovakia had no right to speak. To focus, the three countries are discussing the ownership of the fourth country, and everything is being negotiated gracefully. At that time, the Czech Republic wanted to rely on its allies, but the weak countries had no diplomacy, and they didn't even know they were sold. In fact, after the signing of the agreement, British Prime Minister Chamberlain received heroic praise for maintaining peace after returning home, until the outbreak of World War II.

The British elegance, the French casualness, and the positivity of Germany formed a huge contrast. After the First World War, Germany found a huge gap and grew wildly.

The love of forbearance is only a bright line, and the emotional line of the two of them runs through the 20 years before and after the war. Most of the supporting roles of politicians in the film are only profiled, but they are all key figures in the development of history. Their few words of dialogue contain a huge background of the times and reproduce the greatest absurdity in human history.

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  • Elouise 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    Very rarely, because the characters in the movie (played by non-actors) hate a movie. The movie is okay, but I really can't appreciate it, it makes me groggy.

  • Caitlyn 2021-12-31 08:02:27

    United Kingdom#400. Although James Ivory is handy in making heritage movies, and the audiovisual is really accurate (the opening scenes are really touching!), but... it is still not as good as the original, the first-person narrative in Ishiguro Kazuo's original is too It's stronger, and the core stalk is actually that the first person conceals information. It should be able to achieve a part of the practical multi-layer sound and picture of the whole film. It's not that the loss of this feature is the most regrettable, but the relationship between the two in the original work has become a lot weaker in this version...Of course, this version of the adaptation also has very beautiful features, the "amateur diplomacy" in the manor. -Politics and the international situation are not so obvious in the original work, but here they become a rather external part. It was quite successful in this sense.

The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Sir Geoffrey Wren: So, gentlemen, you speak of Jews and Gypsies, Negroes, and so on so forth. But one has to regard the racial laws of the Fascists as a sanitary measure much overdue, in my opinion.

    Wren's Friend: But imagine trying to enforce such a rule in this country.

    Sir Geoffrey Wren: My Lord, my Lord, you cannot run a country without a penal system. Here we call them prisons. Over there they call them concentration camps. What's the difference? Ah, Stevens, is there any meat of any kind in this soup?

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.