Deeply, deeply moving. An extraordinary and deeply sensitive human being, an actor who made you feel that what one was watching was not only a film...enacting a part but something that will remain in our own subconscience. He was an actor, a great writer, a deeply feeling sensitive human being, his words, his voice...his portrayal of complex human beings make him the most unique British Actor, whose like we shall never see again.
Dirk was not good to his brother ,in fact quite meen and abully and didn't leave him any thing in his will .Gave plenty to his nevfew , all because when he was born , at13 dirk was sent away so forever blamed him instead of blaming his mother frist, father second
I have liked and admired Bogarde for over 30 years. I think he is one of the finest British actors of all time, and I used to watch every movie of his that was on TV. Even if the movie was not really good, I watched only for him. He never gave a poor performance.
Illuminating and enlightening interview, learned about life history and Dirk Bogarde, incredible deep person. Russell Harty is an excellent interviewer. Outstanding.
Mmm. Russell Harty is a nosey vulgar pratt, wasting the opportunity to get this interesting, intelligent, and widely experienced man to talk freely. Instead he asks intrusive questions that have been asked many times before and makes Bogarde close up like a sea anenome that has been poked.
WOW......What an intense,sensitive, articulate, also seemingly questioning and depressed due to his innate awareness of people and this world,what an interesting person Dirk Bogarde was.
I remember this interview. Shows how old I am. Very tastefully done. I don't think Bogarde let too many interviewers into his home. Best films of DB were 'The Servant' and 'The Night Porter' with Charlotte Rampling. All those 'doctor' films never did anything for me but Bogarde did have some gems up his sleeve. Death in Venice, again, another unusual specimen.
We never get good interviews like this any more. Today it's all about shouting, taking the piss, trying to be funny that ends up being unfunny. Thanks for uploading.
Chester, I was listening and watching this and came to think what a pleasant and real this interview is. And, I thought, interviews these days are so useless, fake and real crap, to be honest. As I attempted to write my comment, I saw what you Chester have written. It is really sad how the world has become such a sh** hole. There´s no chance any of today´s fake people would be able to say one coherent and honest , personal point of view. Now we just have Meghans touching the future queen and starting up chit chats with the future king and the initiation was timed to take place just as they step in front of the cameras. Horrible word.
Has a lot to do with today's 'average' British viewer - who needs just that to stay attentive! Our society now comprises 80% of what used to be the 20% of the country who gave Britain a "bad name"...
I agree, whenever ive seen Graham Norton or Jhonathan Ross interviews of todays actors it is usally besmerched with VILE FILTH and cheap innuendo with the audience clapping like a pan of chips beyond depressing void of dignety or class or humanity's
I watched this interview again. He told the interviewer firmly, he is not going to step into his trap. He was putting his foot where the sun didn't shine, so eloquently. I sure wish I were old enough to have known who he was. I would have written him. I have his movies from TCM, that is how I came to know him. Now fascinated with his depth of acting and in this interview he was so down to earth and realist about life and death. He sure was handsome and charming. Not many left, if any like him anymore. So intriguing. Thank-you for uploading this rare interview.
Sincere, honest and managing to be candid without letting the reporter prying and finally without losing his shell, he still could remain secretive in a lovely way. I am a very private person, so I understand that Bogarde wanted to be his own private person and fame did not change that. A lovely man he was and he had a beautiful face and eyes even if he did not think so.
I never understood why he was not a bigger star in America. He was a better actor than most Hollywood male stars; he was very good looking, and the camera loved him.
No, he said in 5 years he will be 70, so he was 65. He looked very good for his age. His appeal lied mostly in his soulful dark eyes. His eyes really were the window to his soul.
@@privatedeborah1004 - Dirk aged much better than Bjorn Andresen. If you see Bjorn now at 65 (in 2020) he looks about 80 at least. With hindsight, Bjorn would never have accepted acting in 'Death in Venice' if he knew what the outcome was going to be. Sad that it badly affected his life after the film.
Ill say one thing for DB, he looked absolutely gorgeous in suits and military garn and he was born to wear a hat!!! He was lean to the bone but wow did he look great in suit!!!! Love the way the suit/uniform fits him in "the night porter ". Just wonderful
I came here after reading on Wikipedia about Dirk's wartime service (I was watching "A Bridge to Far"). Agree with the below on an deep heartfelt interview. Scsary stuff to think how our current generation(s) would deal with these sorts of experiences. Amazing actor, man and human. Thanks for uploading as you don't see this sort of stuff on TV anymore.
I am 78 and happened to spend my entire evening watching 50:04 Part 1/Part 2 and this interview. In on 50:04 e way in the end I have big tears in my eyes and on the other side respect and very warm emotion of a man who lived his life the way he want with great love of really everything life had to offer. RIP. You will always be remembered.
I don’t think any homophobes as you would call them would say he was an admirable and greatly talented man because he was homosexual, nor say he didn’t qualify to be respected both as an actor and a man because he wasn’t straight. If a man is admirable, and worthy of respect, then he simply is, regardless of any other labels others would put on him, and regardless of whether one admires a homosexual lifestyle choice ( at least, in my opinion, with which you may disagree,) But I think you might be surprised how widely this man is admired and loved by people of his generation, regardless of their views on LGBTQ+
Remarkable interview, every moment a treasure. Dirk Bogarde wrote three further volumes of autobiography after that interview, making a total of seven wonderful, interesting and totally absorbing non-fiction books. Thank you very, very much for sharing this interview with us.
I wish he was still with us,,and living where he did in France, I would go and hope that I could meet him, ..interesting, intelligent ,great actor...RIP Dirk..
Me too... but I know why I like him and the interview so much - dignity and wisdom, his personality and looks and living in that location, and in that house... almost a fantasy in today's world...
Wonderful man with a great gift who saw the very worst of the world and yet somehow remained poised and articulate and creatively sensitive. I suppose that's what made him such a good writer, too.
I have to say that the interview is masterly. I never rated RH as an interviewer but he keeps himself in check here avoiding banality and really extracting from Bogarde a great deal of information that struck at the heart of Bogarde’s psyche and uncovered a well hidden subtext. You can see that at times RH is aware he’s walking on eggshells but he navigates them expertly and with great respect to his interviewee.
I just love this Man his intelligence and his honesty would loved to have been his housekeeper of a kind alongside his friend as the observer and luck charm ...Thanks for posting .
Thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary. I've only recently become fond of Dirk Bogarde & his films. Such an interesting human being as well,a very private man but one cannot help but like him . Oh, I also love that house ,it looked so cozy & stylish. A very ,very good interview of this brilliant man indeed. Rest In Peace Mr. Bogarde.
I've got charm and I flog it. Luv that comment. For a man as famous as he was, he was still so down to earth. U can tell the memories of the war still affected him even after 40 years. He was a charming and undeniably decent man.
Brilliant interview, absolutely (realistic )in his own words, such a fascinating man , could listen to him forever Very poignant his account of his relationship with Judy Garland , such a life an I can sense his sadness at growing older then in his 70’s , his account of his war years , really tore him apart, so obvious soulful . Love🥀 you Dirk forever in my memory thanks so much for this remarkable video 🙏 Mary Canada 🇨🇦
The lady who Dirk wrote to and her daughter, seem to be one of the few, that did not run to the media with his letters, and respected Dirk's privacy. Amazing in this day and age of greed and telling all.
What a truly fascinating man who made an interesting full wonderful life. There does not seem to be the characters to replace these 'greats'. I love his home in Provence, tasteful, comfortable and magical.
Handsome and a lovely voice. If he was gay today nobody would care, but he was popular at a time when it was illegal and he always had to deny it. Still had a great following and it did not stop his career.
thanks for posting all these.Dirk lucky to have left when he did..if given half a chance so would we. britian he loved long gone,and gone far more now.
lynn leeds, agree with you there, and thanks. It gets a little presumptuous when people emit their half-considered declarations about other people having "died alone." Someone is always saying that about someone ELSE.
Ironic that Bogarde is talking about his life as if he were near the end. He would live for another 13 years, while Harty (who is interviewing him) would only live for another two years.
His vast series of autobiographies capture his "voice" so well. Astounding, really, when reading one of his works (such as "A Short Walk from Harrods") and then seeing/hearing him. A seamless segue from one medium to another. It bespeaks of a deep honesty.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..............
"It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done." [hysterical weeping] He was my Sydney Carton, my 10 buckets of tears, and still is even to this moment. Though he's much more too.
christ...that Belsen story made me cry. my grandad was on the front front line in the war....when I was a kid he used to sit in the evenings in the dark for hours....silent. i wonder if he saw something so awful as Dirk describes....
All praise to Russel Harty for an intelligent and thoughtful interview - largely blocked by Bogarde at every true turn. He was a total paradox. In real life he wrote (superb) biographies, yet refused interviewers any truthful answers. The nonsense about Forward being 'just his manager' is, frankly, an abuse of us, his readers and admirers. On file he was entirely in the hands of a chosen director - witness the amazing account of the Death In Venice death scene, with it's relentless hours of makeup and cleanup, filmed at dawn - all Visconti's creation, not, sadly, Bogarde's. Sticks in the sand, and (frankly), ham acting. But Bogarde understood film - and, as he says here, was not a man of the theatre, and an actor the likes of Gielgud, Olivier, or even James Mason (who had enormous stage presence). A sad honesty.
What a class act. His "American Executive Imitation" @40:35 is pure comic genius. I always though he should have done more comedy. He has that, British 'edge' that I love so much. It seemed like he had it all in his partner, manager as well. Glad to see he spent his last years in such a great place, in relative peace.
His last years were not spent in France. He returned to the UK; died there after a second stroke. (Forwood had died years prior to him, of Parkinson’s.) Lived in London at that time, with a private nurse caring for him. That, I recall, was where he wrote his final volume of autobiography.
@@quaver1239 A vast majority of his "last years" were indeed spent in France. Yes, in his final few years (less than a decade iircc) he moved back to England where he passed away. He spent several decades, retired, in France.
In describing his qualities he neglected to mention his voice, which was exceptional! In 1986 he was reluctant to say he was gay, today it would be no big deal. His performance in "Victim" (early 60's) is one of the greats in 20th c. movies.
Cameronpaul: I do not think he was gay. He did not say it because he was not gay. He took a part in a film to play a gay man but he was not one. Like Heath Ledgers was not gay even though he played Brokeback Mountain.
@@42kellys what do you mean by 'you dont believe he was'? he simply was. It very common knowledge that he was in fact gay. he lived with his lover anthony forwood for 50 yrs and in the words of his lawyer, Laurence Harbottle: “I share the view of every friend of his whom I have ever known - that Dirk’s nature was entirely homosexual in orientation.”
@@carollopes5950 I take his words and accept them at face value. If he were in fact gay, then he certainly thought it to be a private matter in which the world had no right to dabble.
@@42kellys u had no problem talking about it and how u 'actually didnt believe he was'. but now that i told u that he in fact was gay it becomes a private matter? what a funny little double standard.
I also read this book about his life in France. A wonderful author. I wont part with this book as i am finding it hard to get hold of any books by him now
A BBC documentary about this interview said Bogarde wanted Harty to ask more in depth questions and felt part of this interview from 1986 was going over the same banal questions of past interviews. It was around the time or before this interview Bogarde burnt all of his personal documents and correspondence.
I always loved him in the movies, he was quite wonderful. Death in Venice is a truly great film, and he was great in it. But this interview was a long time ago, and we know a lot more about him now. What he says here regarding Judy Garland for example is totally different from what he has said elsewhere. What is really extraordinary however is reading his letters, which are fascinating and now in massive book form - because you always got the impression that he was highly educated. He couldn't spell or punctuate. He could certainly write, but an editor had to put the great stories together. So a fascinating man who was forced to live a lie. His life partner was Tony Forwood who was once married to Glynis Johns. So he's being bullied gently here to tell the truth - but he won't and he's boiling with rage. Sad really but that's what it was like back then. Don't ask don't tell. He was slightly hampered when he was young by his stunning good looks, but the older he got the better he got. It's very very touching.
One of the best film actors ever. He always seemed to be in on a joke when on screen, like he knew a secret. A great talent. His war experience was chokingly stark.
RIP Sir Dirk Bogarde (March 28, 1921 - May 8, 1999), aged 78
You will be remembered as a legend.
The slightest smile and you fall in love with him. He was beyond charming.
The chemical peel. Quelle horreur!
Deeply, deeply moving. An extraordinary and deeply sensitive human being, an actor who made you feel that what one was watching was not only a film...enacting a part but something that will remain in our own subconscience.
He was an actor, a great writer, a deeply feeling sensitive human being, his words, his voice...his portrayal of complex human beings make him the most unique British Actor, whose like we shall never see again.
Any young people watching, Dirk exemplifies class. Watch and learn.
Learn how to be devious.
'Class'??
What an extraordinary interview. A lovely thoughtful man and an incredibly sensitive, brilliant actor.
He certainly was.
Lol he was a notorious asshole
Love him
Dirk was not good to his brother ,in fact quite meen and abully and didn't leave him any thing in his will .Gave plenty to his nevfew , all because when he was born , at13 dirk was sent away so forever blamed him instead of blaming his mother frist, father second
To use a military term............. Barracks!
Very convincing actor and a wonderfully coherent human being. I shall miss him. RIP Dirk.
Spot on.
I have liked and admired Bogarde for over 30 years. I think he is one of the finest British actors of all time, and I used to watch every movie of his that was on TV. Even if the movie was not really good, I watched only for him. He never gave a poor performance.
You might be right, but it could be a close call between Kermit and miss Piggy.
And the winner is......................
Dirk and the men of his era are to be saluted I'm so in awe of such people who bore the war so sobering and galantly
Illuminating and enlightening interview, learned about life history and Dirk Bogarde, incredible deep person. Russell Harty is an excellent interviewer. Outstanding.
Mmm. Russell Harty is a nosey vulgar pratt, wasting the opportunity to get this interesting, intelligent, and widely experienced man to talk freely. Instead he asks intrusive questions that have been asked many times before and makes Bogarde close up like a sea anenome that has been poked.
WOW......What an intense,sensitive, articulate, also seemingly questioning and depressed due to his innate awareness of people and this world,what an interesting person Dirk Bogarde was.
I remember this interview. Shows how old I am. Very tastefully done. I don't think Bogarde let too many interviewers into his home. Best films of DB were 'The Servant' and 'The Night Porter' with Charlotte Rampling. All those 'doctor' films never did anything for me but Bogarde did have some gems up his sleeve. Death in Venice, again, another unusual specimen.
Blown away.... I will look at Dirk's body of work in a different, much more deeply informed, light after witnessing this exceptional document.... Wow.
We never get good interviews like this any more. Today it's all about shouting, taking the piss, trying to be funny that ends up being unfunny. Thanks for uploading.
Chester, I was listening and watching this and came to think what a pleasant and real this interview is. And, I thought, interviews these days are so useless, fake and real crap, to be honest. As I attempted to write my comment, I saw what you Chester have written. It is really sad how the world has become such a sh** hole. There´s no chance any of today´s fake people would be able to say one coherent and honest , personal point of view. Now we just have Meghans touching the future queen and starting up chit chats with the future king and the initiation was timed to take place just as they step in front of the cameras. Horrible word.
Has a lot to do with today's 'average' British viewer - who needs just that to stay attentive! Our society now comprises 80% of what used to be the 20% of the country who gave Britain a "bad name"...
Mtash
I agree, whenever ive seen Graham Norton or Jhonathan Ross interviews of todays actors it is usally besmerched with VILE FILTH and cheap innuendo with the audience clapping like a pan of chips beyond depressing void of dignety or class or humanity's
@@JudgeMarmianWiZard "Clapping like a pan of chips". Great phrase, lol.
I watched this interview again. He told the interviewer firmly, he is not going to step into his trap. He was putting his foot where the sun didn't shine, so eloquently. I sure wish I were old enough to have known who he was. I would have written him. I have his movies from TCM, that is how I came to know him. Now fascinated with his depth of acting and in this interview he was so down to earth and realist about life and death. He sure was handsome and charming. Not many left, if any like him anymore. So intriguing. Thank-you for uploading this rare interview.
what a fantastic interview..... we just don't have the same journalistic quality anymore...
Sincere, honest and managing to be candid without letting the reporter prying and finally without losing his shell, he still could remain secretive in a lovely way. I am a very private person, so I understand that Bogarde wanted to be his own private person and fame did not change that. A lovely man he was and he had a beautiful face and eyes even if he did not think so.
I never understood why he was not a bigger star in America. He was a better actor than most Hollywood male stars; he was very good looking, and the camera loved him.
He got tired of big films and went arty
I think he understood too much and needed something else.
He didn't need it.
I used to write to Dirk, when he lived in London. I still miss him, his wit and his skill and talent ... I'll always remember him ....
Aidan Casserly of
did he reply?
Aidan Casserly a true gentleman and witness to the awful scenes of the war.very moving to watch
Dirk was corresponding with a sickly female fan as revealed in his biography. Informative interview
thanks for posting.
A.C., that's the a gorgeo0us you have! Look out nobody steals it. :o)
what a lovely and charming man he is ！i really really like his films, i watch them over and over again and i will never be bored with them.
Even here, middle-aged, he is an absolutely gorgeous man with a wry, wicked, witty sense of humour. Thanks for posting this.
He was beyond middle-aged here.
Didn't he say 70, when referring to his age? He looked well - the industrial solution death mask (Death in Venice) did no lasting damage, fortunately.
No, he said in 5 years he will be 70,
so he was 65.
He looked very good for his age.
His appeal lied mostly in his soulful dark eyes.
His eyes really were the window to his soul.
@@privatedeborah1004 - Dirk aged much better than Bjorn Andresen. If you see Bjorn now at 65 (in 2020) he looks about 80 at least. With hindsight, Bjorn would never have accepted acting in 'Death in Venice' if he knew what the outcome was going to be. Sad that it badly affected his life after the film.
It is Dirk, you just can not stop watching, listening. Beautiful.
I have watched this interview so many times ....
@@sheilairving4146 Fascinating man..beautiful face, complex interesting magnetic character. Hard to think he does not walk the earth any longer.
Beautiful man, I love his voice.
Now this is a bloody interview!
Bogarde is marvelous! He never strays from his narrative and he is never boring. I enjoyed his story-telling skill immensely. Thank you so much.
A truly kind man, that's the first words came to mind.
Ill say one thing for DB, he looked absolutely gorgeous in suits and military garn and he was born to wear a hat!!!
He was lean to the bone but wow did he look great in suit!!!!
Love the way the suit/uniform fits him in "the night porter ".
Just wonderful
I came here after reading on Wikipedia about Dirk's wartime service (I was watching "A Bridge to Far"). Agree with the below on an deep heartfelt interview. Scsary stuff to think how our current generation(s) would deal with these sorts of experiences. Amazing actor, man and human. Thanks for uploading as you don't see this sort of stuff on TV anymore.
A bridge to far, as always held a hidden message in the title.
(For that time)
A sensitive, private, and gifted man with an expansive, yet delicate reserve for theatrical expression.
I am 78 and happened to spend my entire evening watching 50:04 Part 1/Part 2 and this interview. In on 50:04 e way in the end I have big tears in my eyes and on the other side respect and very warm emotion of a man who lived his life the way he want with great love of really everything life had to offer. RIP. You will always be remembered.
True !!
To all the homophobes out there......who are you to say that you're a better man this man. Bogarde was a top grade human being.
What the fk are you going on about ? Nobody's mentioned it apart from you!!
I don’t think any homophobes as you would call them would say he was an admirable and greatly talented man because he was homosexual, nor say he didn’t qualify to be respected both as an actor and a man because he wasn’t straight. If a man is admirable, and worthy of respect, then he simply is, regardless of any other labels others would put on him, and regardless of whether one admires a homosexual lifestyle choice ( at least, in my opinion, with which you may disagree,) But I think you might be surprised how widely this man is admired and loved by people of his generation, regardless of their views on LGBTQ+
He had me in tears within about 8 minutes. Great actor and storyteller. I love the Ravel in the background.
"But I'm still in a shell, and you haven't cracked it yet, honey." Brilliant.
Remarkable interview, every moment a treasure. Dirk Bogarde wrote three further volumes of autobiography after that interview, making a total of seven wonderful, interesting and totally absorbing non-fiction books. Thank you very, very much for sharing this interview with us.
I wish he was still with us,,and living where he did in France, I would go and hope that I could meet him, ..interesting, intelligent ,great actor...RIP Dirk..
Realise I'm trying to create that RDC space of his chez moi. It takes tasted to collect and arrange a space like that; just delightful.
I'm not quite sure why I like this interview so much. I must of watched it 5 times now over the course of a few months
Me too... but I know why I like him and the interview so much - dignity and wisdom, his personality and looks and living in that location, and in that house... almost a fantasy in today's world...
Wonderful man with a great gift who saw the very worst of the world and yet somehow remained poised and articulate and creatively sensitive. I suppose that's what made him such a good writer, too.
Love his honesty and his lack of pretension. His care for a stranger through letters is so beautiful and noble.
exceptional from the coolest actor Britain ever produced. His intelligence and tenderness shines through in this interview.
Your world is made so much richer when having read all volumes of his autobiography. Then you'll understand the mam.
What a beautiful voice!!!❤❤
I have to say that the interview is masterly. I never rated RH as an interviewer but he keeps himself in check here avoiding banality and really extracting from Bogarde a great deal of information that struck at the heart of Bogarde’s psyche and uncovered a well hidden subtext. You can see that at times RH is aware he’s walking on eggshells but he navigates them expertly and with great respect to his interviewee.
when he said after the war i was not afraid of anyone makes me cry this
A very sensitive, down to earth man. A rare example.
Of cover up.
Priceless
His description of liberating Belson Concentration camp.......more people need to hear that.
When people were educated , profound and genuine .
Dirk Bogarde had no business being a good writer, but he really was.
Very interesting and charismatic man. Great documentary.
"But I'm certainly in the shell and you haven't cracked it yet, honey." So butch.
I just love this Man his intelligence and his honesty would loved to have been his housekeeper of a kind alongside his friend as the observer and luck charm ...Thanks for posting .
Such a wonderful man.... and interview. RIP Dirk. One of a kind.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary.
I've only recently become fond of Dirk Bogarde & his films.
Such an interesting human being as well,a very private man but one cannot help but like him .
Oh, I also love that house ,it looked so cozy & stylish.
A very ,very good interview of this brilliant man indeed.
Rest In Peace Mr. Bogarde.
I've got charm and I flog it. Luv that comment. For a man as famous as he was, he was still so down to earth. U can tell the memories of the war still affected him even after 40 years. He was a charming and undeniably decent man.
Brilliant interview, absolutely (realistic )in his own words, such a fascinating man , could listen to him forever
Very poignant his account of his relationship with Judy Garland , such a life an I can sense his sadness
at growing older then in his 70’s , his account of his war years , really tore him apart, so obvious
soulful . Love🥀 you Dirk forever in my memory thanks so much for this remarkable video 🙏
Mary Canada 🇨🇦
The lady who Dirk wrote to and her daughter, seem to be one of the few, that did not run to the media with his letters, and respected Dirk's privacy. Amazing in this day and age of greed and telling all.
What a truly fascinating man who made an interesting full wonderful life. There does not seem to be the characters to replace these 'greats'. I love his home in Provence, tasteful, comfortable and magical.
An exquisitely honest interview with a man of sensitivity and grace. Thank you.
Handsome and a lovely voice. If he was gay today nobody would care, but he was popular at a time when it was illegal and he always had to deny it. Still had a great following and it did not stop his career.
He never denied being gay
He just never Daigre anything about it
Bravo, one of the greatest actors of my generation
thanks for posting all these.Dirk lucky to have left when he did..if given half a chance so would we. britian he loved long gone,and gone far more now.
yes Fran, yes
Not ONE comment...
Unbelievable...
He was a Great Actor... A Gentleman... Someone who rightly protected his Private Life
and
Sadly
Died Alone...
look....everyone does die alone...why should everyone have kids..they dont stop you from loneliness
i read somewhere he was gay and tried to hide it all his life.
Catherine Else, I can attest to how right you are and I'm not even there yet QUITE.
lynn leeds, agree with you there, and thanks. It gets a little presumptuous when people emit their half-considered declarations about other people having "died alone." Someone is always saying that about someone ELSE.
#jessie does it matter, why are people so embroiled regarding a private persons sexuality, it is so banal.
Really astonishing interview. Thank you for posting. Talented man and a real individual.
How interviews used to be in olden days! Intelligent, moving and informative!
Ironic that Bogarde is talking about his life as if he were near the end. He would live for another 13 years, while Harty (who is interviewing him) would only live for another two years.
He smoked too much, bet that stole a few years.
Thank you so, so much for this gem. :D
grand old actor, quality of purpose, decent human being and a damned fine actor.
I was very young when i saw the film Darling ,i fell in love with him ,his looks his acting and his charisma ;xx
His vast series of autobiographies capture his "voice" so well. Astounding, really, when reading one of his works (such as "A Short Walk from Harrods") and then seeing/hearing him. A seamless segue from one medium to another. It bespeaks of a deep honesty.
Oooh Sorry
Forgot to thank you for posting... Greatly appreciated...
What a great interview. Thanks so much for posting this. Great interviewing my RH. What a talent Dirk Bogarde is. What a real human being.
I live in Brazil...and i was lucky to recieve a letter from him...while living in Brazil!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..............
"It's a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done." [hysterical weeping] He was my Sydney Carton, my 10 buckets of tears, and still is even to this moment. Though he's much more too.
Great interview! Thank you for sharing it. It reveals Bogarde's keen intelligence and wit.
Anyone trying to glorify or justify war should listen to this.
How nice of him to write glamourous letters to that old lady making things up just to make her feel better.
amazing interview, amazing gentleman
He looks amazing for 70 I have to say.
Momo The Elder DIRK WAS 65 YEARS OLD 💓📹💃
Momo The Elder 65 years...............
christ...that Belsen story made me cry. my grandad was on the front front line in the war....when I was a kid he used to sit in the evenings in the dark for hours....silent. i wonder if he saw something so awful as Dirk describes....
All praise to Russel Harty for an intelligent and thoughtful interview - largely blocked by Bogarde at every true turn. He was a total paradox. In real life he wrote (superb) biographies, yet refused interviewers any truthful answers. The nonsense about Forward being 'just his manager' is, frankly, an abuse of us, his readers and admirers. On file he was entirely in the hands of a chosen director - witness the amazing account of the Death In Venice death scene, with it's relentless hours of makeup and cleanup, filmed at dawn - all Visconti's creation, not, sadly, Bogarde's. Sticks in the sand, and (frankly), ham acting. But Bogarde understood film - and, as he says here, was not a man of the theatre, and an actor the likes of Gielgud, Olivier, or even James Mason (who had enormous stage presence). A sad honesty.
Thank you for uploading this truly wonderful and rare kind of an interview.
A great actor, a fascinating man.
Que actor maravilloso, enriqueció mi vida con su sensibilidad y talento ❤️🇦🇷
What a class act. His "American Executive Imitation" @40:35 is pure comic genius. I always though he should have done more comedy. He has that, British 'edge' that I love so much. It seemed like he had it all in his partner, manager as well. Glad to see he spent his last years in such a great place, in relative peace.
His last years were not spent in France. He returned to the UK; died there after a second stroke. (Forwood had died years prior to him, of Parkinson’s.) Lived in London at that time, with a private nurse caring for him. That, I recall, was where he wrote his final volume of autobiography.
@@quaver1239 A vast majority of his "last years" were indeed spent in France. Yes, in his final few years (less than a decade iircc) he moved back to England where he passed away. He spent several decades, retired, in France.
In describing his qualities he neglected to mention his voice, which was exceptional! In 1986 he was reluctant to say he was gay, today it would be no big deal. His performance in "Victim" (early 60's) is one of the greats in 20th c. movies.
Cameronpaul: I do not think he was gay. He did not say it because he was not gay. He took a part in a film to play a gay man but he was not one. Like Heath Ledgers was not gay even though he played Brokeback Mountain.
And the fabulous Derren Nesbit
@@42kellys what do you mean by 'you dont believe he was'? he simply was. It very common knowledge that he was in fact gay. he lived with his lover anthony forwood for 50 yrs and in the words of his lawyer, Laurence Harbottle: “I share the view of every friend of his whom I have ever known - that Dirk’s nature was entirely homosexual in orientation.”
@@carollopes5950 I take his words and accept them at face value. If he were in fact gay, then he certainly thought it to be a private matter in which the world had no right to dabble.
@@42kellys u had no problem talking about it and how u 'actually didnt believe he was'. but now that i told u that he in fact was gay it becomes a private matter? what a funny little double standard.
Thank you Mr bogarde. You are the kind of person blighty lacks these days
Just finished his book 'A Short Walk from Harrods' Such a sad end for him and his partner.
Great writer and superb actor. RIP
I also read this book about his life in France. A wonderful author. I wont part with this book as i am finding it hard to get hold of any books by him now
I am reading one of his novels called "Jericho" absolutely brilliant...
What a lovely genuine man
Harty is trying to draw Bogarde out, but Bogarde ain't playing!
I Always admired him as an actor.Sometimes he May have seemed pompous but he was so honest and charming!
A BBC documentary about this interview said Bogarde wanted Harty to ask more in depth questions and felt part of this interview from 1986 was going over the same banal questions of past interviews. It was around the time or before this interview Bogarde burnt all of his personal documents and correspondence.
Wow 😮what an extraordinary man Dirk was..i really enjoyed this interview, very insightful 👏. I always thought he was a great actor with good looks ❤
A great actor
This is a fantastic interview. You can see that Russell was hurting with some of the answers.
I always loved him in the movies, he was quite wonderful. Death in Venice is a truly great film, and he was great in it. But this interview was a long time ago, and we know a lot more about him now. What he says here regarding Judy Garland for example is totally different from what he has said elsewhere. What is really extraordinary however is reading his letters, which are fascinating and now in massive book form - because you always got the impression that he was highly educated. He couldn't spell or punctuate. He could certainly write, but an editor had to put the great stories together. So a fascinating man who was forced to live a lie. His life partner was Tony Forwood who was once married to Glynis Johns. So he's being bullied gently here to tell the truth - but he won't and he's boiling with rage. Sad really but that's what it was like back then. Don't ask don't tell. He was slightly hampered when he was young by his stunning good looks, but the older he got the better he got. It's very very touching.
One of the best film actors ever. He always seemed to be in on a joke when on screen, like he knew a secret. A great talent. His war experience was chokingly stark.
loved this actor
He is so mild mannered. So very charming.
EXCELLENT. My favorite was Cast a Dark Shadow. What a brilliant actor.
A brilliant actor & remarkably grouped man.