Don't get carried away by all this hyperbole Goodness me, people do get their knickers in a twist about this series. Although there is plenty that is excellent about it (namely the performances) there is one crashing great problem with it and that's the screenplay which is just plain lazy to the point of excess (if that isn't some kind of oxymoron). This must have been an easy ride for John Mortimer. All he did was take the dialogue from the novel and stick it in screenplay form, voila. Don't believe me? Read a chapter of the novel, watch an... more info
Excellent film, terrible quality of DVD This excellent film is completely spoilt by the DVD quality! I do not know the technical reasons for this but the resolution of this film is awful. When watching it one gets an impression of watching a badly ripped DivX - terribly pixelated. I cannot believe that it was actually digitally re-mastered despite it says so on the box.
TV drama the like you will not see again Reading of the new film due out of Brideshead this autumn, of the book Madresfield and it's influence on Waugh, and the issue over whether John Mortimer wrote this script or not, the conclusion I came to is 'who cares?'. This is one of the finest TV dramas made, and it's like we will never see again. It's 13 hours, impeccable casting and boasts a script that is second to none. Iron's laconic narration is perfect and the whole production simply outstanding. 'My theme is...' well I don't want to... more info
The Ultimate British TV-series
I saw Brideshead Revisited for the first time on TV in the early 1980s and I remember it well for its nostalgia for what we today call old-fashioned values. After having watched all the episodes on the DVD some 25 years later, I must say that the series still manage to hold its grip on me who have always admired British cinema and the reserve of excellent British actors like Jeremy Irons and John Gielgud. I still think the series is one of the most outstanding ever produced by a British television... more info
