How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)

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  • A drama/documentary of the great 20th-century French writer, starring Ralph Fiennes and Felicity Kendal. Based on the book of the same name by Alain de Botton, who also stars.
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  • @MrPaddymarley
    @MrPaddymarley หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My weekend with Proust.....very well done!

  • @ItstheGG
    @ItstheGG ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Wow this is actually Ralph Fiennes playing Proust here

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ralph! 🤮

    • @kinkyplunk
      @kinkyplunk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Johnconno ?

  • @jackbuckley7816
    @jackbuckley7816 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is a great intro to Proust, making him a 3-dimensional person, well-portrayed by Fiennes. Felicity Kendall a delightful addition. Enjoyed the other writers portrayed as well. As I watched, I started to realize that Fiennes physically resembled Robert Louis Stevenson in his portrayal of Proust, in concert with writing & reading from bed, frequently ill, draped alternately with shawls, coats, & blankets to fend off drafty dampness & persistent cold. Very good program all-around!

  • @Carducci1959
    @Carducci1959 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kendal will always be remembered for The Good Life!

  • @rosecirigliano5706
    @rosecirigliano5706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How lovely to see and listen to this video. Thank you all.

  • @nickwyatt9498
    @nickwyatt9498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I bought Alain de Botton's book when it came out, have read it many times, but I had no idea this lovely film existed. Many thanks for posting.

  • @KonstanzArrens
    @KonstanzArrens ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Among the clutter of bric-a-brac and YT things ... This.

  • @iiling7
    @iiling7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Truly enjoyed this especially just having finished Swann's Way and this documentary has just given me the courage to move on to the next volume! Thank you for the share.

  • @patriciaraquelpereira9073
    @patriciaraquelpereira9073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This is beautiful! I enjoyed it thoroughly and will save it for later. Such a blessing to soothe one's soul.

    • @321bytor
      @321bytor ปีที่แล้ว

      Soul?

    • @patriciaraquelpereira9073
      @patriciaraquelpereira9073 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@321bytor Yes, because of its calming and consoling ways to deal with reality.

    • @321bytor
      @321bytor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patriciaraquelpereira9073 Eh? You mean like alcohol?

    • @patriciaraquelpereira9073
      @patriciaraquelpereira9073 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@321bytor Alcohol? No, on a spiritual level, it has the capacity to calm me down and find a new POV to deal with daily life.

  • @alkaloitongbam6684
    @alkaloitongbam6684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is so beautiful, thank you so much for this♥️

  • @milodusty6927
    @milodusty6927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    thank you for uploading this

  • @SheenaHyang
    @SheenaHyang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing…..✨💕thank you for uploading this. Treasure!

  • @CJBradley
    @CJBradley ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How does one recall the entire content of a book when one is unable to remember why one went to the kitchen. I myslef do not often suffer from such a thing but confess to it sometimes whem my attention is distracted by say, the sudden clatter of hoofs going by, a bursting balloon, or the effects of too much alcohol and my counting of every dying cell in my brain, each one a painful and lasting loss to me. This is awesome and will now have to read the books.

    • @Johnconno
      @Johnconno ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is one referring to oneself? 😂

    • @brie1987
      @brie1987 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh I’m afraid I have entered this phase as well. Our collective memories have been drowned in miasma of the pandemic .
      So we begin again. Our minds more porous after surviving. Relax and enjoy Proust. Perhaps the lesson now is to gather what is left of our memory.

  • @Platochidi
    @Platochidi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you!

  • @amusicment4829
    @amusicment4829 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this… thank you

  • @milouda78
    @milouda78 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you very much 😊 ☺️ 🙏 😀 🙂
    Bless you 🙏 ♥️ 🙌 💖 💓 ❤️ 🙏 ♥️ 🙌
    Enjoyed very much 👌 👍 😊 ☺️ 😀 🙂

  • @shahanology21
    @shahanology21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aahhh... Loveable. Enjoyable. Greatly Remarkable Work😍❤️

  • @ronaldsantos3830
    @ronaldsantos3830 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful!

  • @samerdarwiche
    @samerdarwiche 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please upload more video like this!

  • @Sad_bumper_sticker.
    @Sad_bumper_sticker. ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh my what a PEARL

  • @plasticdirtcloth
    @plasticdirtcloth ปีที่แล้ว +5

    remember the marcel proust speed reciting contest on monty python?

  • @DefaultName-nt7tk
    @DefaultName-nt7tk ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful

  • @sattarabus
    @sattarabus ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A re-watchable documentary on a writers' writer Marcel Proust. Some of the oblique references, quotes, and endorsements by the illuminati from the arts not only direct you back to Alain de Botton but also offer you a guarantee of a richer rereading of his How Proust Can Change Your Life.

  • @antoinepetrov
    @antoinepetrov ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow I immediately thought how much this resembles the School of Life and then Alain de Botton turns up!

  • @evelyne7071
    @evelyne7071 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent

  • @c.k1163
    @c.k1163 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ralph Fiennes looks more like Nikola Tesla here than Proust!

  • @stardresser1
    @stardresser1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that Zoe Wannamaker? I love her. Such a delicious voice she has. Great video.Noooo, it's Felicity Kendall. Love her too!

  • @Mahlerweber
    @Mahlerweber 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great stuff. Good job in explaining "Involuntary Memory." Who wrote the 'intermezzo' music between scenes? I know video starts with Chopin [I believe Proust's favorite composer], but not familiar with other music. Ralph Fiennes has a profound look about him that makes his Proust work.

    • @Malteflora
      @Malteflora 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s from Hahns Berceuses for 4 hands

  • @cirilocastillo6646
    @cirilocastillo6646 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know what or where I can get these piano tunes? I’ve watch and listened to this video so many times and I would love to get the soundtrack.

  • @eshaibraheem4218
    @eshaibraheem4218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting, though I kept waiting for Paul Desmond's sublime saxophone to add to the rythm.

    • @pauldesmonduk
      @pauldesmonduk  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, blame my parents for naming me after him!

    • @eshaibraheem4218
      @eshaibraheem4218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pauldesmonduk Excellent name!

  • @shahanology21
    @shahanology21 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It made me upset that why such a great work is under rated.😕 Kindly make more videos like this one. Waiting😍❤️

    • @davidtrindle6473
      @davidtrindle6473 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you sure? It seems that there is a broad concensus that Proust was the greatest writer of the 20th century, and possibly the greatest novelist of all time.

    • @TheBruceKeller
      @TheBruceKeller ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidtrindle6473 Underrated to the general public then. But yes, within the populace that is serious about reading as an intellectual pursuit, Proust is certainly not underrated.

    • @voraciousreader3341
      @voraciousreader3341 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The word “underrated” should be eternally stricken from the comments sections on TH-cam, because the people who use it don’t have any idea of what it means! Before reading comments, I know some misunderstanding person would say the subject-in this case, Proust-is underrated, and now I have found it and sigh….the person who used it does not understand the word, and can’t even spell it! Based on this observation alone, it’s also perfectly clear that the user has never gone near to Proust, except in video form.

    • @machanrahan9591
      @machanrahan9591 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@voraciousreader3341ouch!! (Love it! Hahaha)

  • @countclaudedecastro2894
    @countclaudedecastro2894 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you get this?

  • @sandiangel
    @sandiangel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He sounded like he suffered a bit from OCD

  • @katejean7899
    @katejean7899 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @carlh.h.2242
    @carlh.h.2242 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His answer to the first question reveals how deeply he was influenced by Dostoyevsky. No surprise that his favorite novel was The Idiot.

  • @lutondelusion
    @lutondelusion 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    29:19 John Malkovich

  • @eshaibraheem4218
    @eshaibraheem4218 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry to be pedantic, but it wasn't the Great Pyramid of Cheops which was shown. It was the second largest: Chephren.
    I can see the Great Pyramid from my bedroom, so I know.

  • @Vater-père
    @Vater-père ปีที่แล้ว +2

    希望能有中文字幕呀。谢谢!

  • @marccng9804
    @marccng9804 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    明天,11月18日,是Marcel Proust馬賽爾普魯斯逝世100週年⋯⋯是為念❤️

  • @chrisjones3901
    @chrisjones3901 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my God I'm proust

  • @Albeit_Jordan
    @Albeit_Jordan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    33:16 _Structuralists and postmodernists rejoice_

    • @Peter_Siri
      @Peter_Siri 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ... interesting

  • @robertoponce8077
    @robertoponce8077 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss the madelaines

  • @beickus
    @beickus ปีที่แล้ว

    very much doubt if people here have read Proust (the entire)

    • @chrisjones3901
      @chrisjones3901 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct,at least I'm referring to myself.That is why I'm here now to see if I could tackle his works.
      Hope your not trying to deny certain people the access to any literature.

  • @mikexhotmail
    @mikexhotmail ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to introduce classical music to new generation of people by using it in my sculling video clip....but ahhh after watching this, I doubt that my video deserves all those masterpieces?

  • @minto7699
    @minto7699 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reading of the Bible does not constitute........?

  • @prettypurple7175
    @prettypurple7175 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @adamcullen8777
    @adamcullen8777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay this is good. However, I'm kinda bothered that he was portrayed as whiny. Queers know the depth of lonliness and depression and the toll it takes. No wonder he was in bed all damn day. Being gay in Victorian society!?! We should be happy he didn't off himself before he gave us his works.

  • @graham6132
    @graham6132 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    To read Proust with the intention of gleaning trivial life lessons is the height of vulgarity.

    • @kdot78
      @kdot78 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      What

    • @reinarforeman6518
      @reinarforeman6518 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@kdot78 don't worry. It's just someone commenting while inhaling their farts through a champagne flute.

    • @nathanielziering
      @nathanielziering ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Leaving glib comments on TH-cam is the height of vulgarity.

    • @noteuser15
      @noteuser15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aight

    • @graham6132
      @graham6132 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reinarforeman6518 You do know a champagne flute isn't a kind of wind instrument, right? Meaning that you can't inhale anything "through" it. LMAO.
      Take note: If you're stupid and illiterate, don't try to be clever, you will just demonstrate to people that you are both stupid and illiterate.

  • @richardfairley9882
    @richardfairley9882 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a horrible documentary! Not only is the title misleading - by which one would expect an exposition of how 'In Search of Lost Time' might change one's life, it is, rather, a badly made 'biopic' of the latter years of Proust. The producer has patently fallen into the trap of thinking every utterance by a character of the Recherche is Proust's own view. I am so glad I discovered Proust's work before seeing this travesty - for it might have put me off for life!

  • @jwsuicides8095
    @jwsuicides8095 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God save us from Felicity's false "posh" voice narrating this. Totally contrived and makes it unwatchable.