@@dantean I have a copy Mr.Smart ass😂 you can't call yourself a book lover and collector without one of the best book in the English language. 📕 ❤ in my humble opinion .P.S. among with The Go between by L.P. Hartley.
I live that after the final Brideshead reading by John Mortimer it pulls out to a photo of Waugh in uniform and moustache, looking so like Charles Ryder
While it is difficult to overlook Amis' scathing criticism of Brideshead Revisited which ironically shares Waugh's contempt for the Bourgeois world - compare Amis' use of the word "Mob" and Waugh's character Hooper, one cannot but help be enchanted by his mastery of pros, the manner in which he tackles the struggle to combine happiness with faith and his use of what one could call at best the semi reliable narrator.
@@TheRadetzkyMarch For me, this is subjective. In this, although Amis may have been correct, such was the power of Waugh's pros and story telling and this reaching something in me, that Amis' comments didn't undermine my appreciation of the novel.
I think Aims misses something very crucial in Brideshead, maybe he himself is too whole of a man to see it. The novel is about deeply broken and flawed people struggling to find meaning in a world of intense sensual pleasure that is ultimately hollow. As a broken and flawed people myself who clings like a pathetic drowning rat to whatever scraps of deviant delight I can horde for myself rather than letting go to sink in God's ocean of Mercy I find it deeply moving. Maybe sane and normal people can't pick up on how perfectly this is illustrated in Sebastian's character.
@@47StormShadow Sebastian best illustrates it yes, but as you say it is relevant to all the characters and I think to ourselves at some level or other. Also, yes, I agree, Amis has missed this point.
I think it's ironic, and rather paradoxical, that the further flung a political outpost, the more pompous and officiously bureaucratic its administrators become (reference to Waugh's unflattering observation of the British legation's officers in Addis Ababa).
professional jealousy reeks from the authors casting shade on Brideshead Revisited. They’re just green with envy at Waugh’s success and the quality of his writing
Never cared for Brideshead personally; though I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Waugh’s novels over the years. Preferred Decline, Vile Bodies, and Scoop. Brideshead seemed endless and directionless.
No worries at all. If you use a smart phone, you can download an app called Shazam which you can use to detect and identify music audio. I just used that.
Amis is too hard on Brideshead. The characters were empty and their emptiness almost destroyed them. Their only solidity was their faith. What the world - in the form of Charles Ryder - admired from without, beauty, title, property, was the Flyte's prison. Ryder came to understand the deal, finally, and was cheery with his lot.
What is empty is the bizarre fixation on Catholicism....which you'll notice is never treated seriously but just as casual window dressing. Religion in general seems to be given this tremendous weight, but then is never explored at all.
Is it true that the Granada producers were less than happy with Mortimer's adaptation? I heard they made significant alterations themselves in keeping with the book's spirit. They left Mortimer's name on the credits however.
His feeling "at one" with a world he appears largely to have despised seems fitting. It would be interesting to know more on whether he cared two figs what happened in Addis Ababa. Or was his support of Mussolini merely convenient at a time when he is also desperately courting the Pope's approval for his annulment? Particularly in light of the official church organ's denunciation of Black Mischief. He certainly--eventually--got what he wanted from the situation, at any rate.
The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, Canada's Minister in Washington (1926-1930), Canada's High Commisionner in London (1935-1946), Governor General of Canada (1952-1959 at 57:56. Smiling, not his usual attitude ...
Amis’ hatred of ‘Brideshead’ is as famous as the book and just as over the top. He did though write a vicious review of the television series with a very funny title, ‘How I Lived In A Very Big House And Found God’.
It says everything about Britain during the war that a writer with no experience whatsoever could be put in charge of commandos and marines by leaning on a few friends.
I agree with you ,it makes no kind of sense to head men in the military with no kind of experience of the military ,just because he's a upper class twit writer ,he's an excellent writer ,not a type to make a army man .
So when the relationships he had with fellow travelers and journalists were “ambiguous”, and his first marriage lasted just a year or two, and given his brother’s encounter with fellow schoolboys, then a long break as a single man, do we wonder about his own sexual preferences?
"The most successful author of his day"? By what measure? Sales? Financially? He was up against Wodehouse, Somerset-Maugham and Christie at the very least. Hm, not so sure.
Thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Great work by the BBC. These are the laurels it is still sitting on.
I enjoyed hearing Graham Greene reading Julia's part in Brideshead , even through I still prefer holding and reading an old fashioned paper book.
There are copies for sale.
@@dantean I have a copy Mr.Smart ass😂 you can't call yourself a book lover and collector without one of the best book in the English language. 📕 ❤ in my humble opinion .P.S. among with The Go between by L.P. Hartley.
I live that after the final Brideshead reading by John Mortimer it pulls out to a photo of Waugh in uniform and moustache, looking so like Charles Ryder
Thanks for the upload, John! Can't wait for Part Three.
th-cam.com/video/9Php8WGd29I/w-d-xo.html part 3
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING! : )
"we had a horrid little villa where he'd go and write" - Lady Mosley.
While it is difficult to overlook Amis' scathing criticism of Brideshead Revisited which ironically shares Waugh's contempt for the Bourgeois world - compare Amis' use of the word "Mob" and Waugh's character Hooper, one cannot but help be enchanted by his mastery of pros, the manner in which he tackles the struggle to combine happiness with faith and his use of what one could call at best the semi reliable narrator.
@@TheRadetzkyMarch For me, this is subjective. In this, although Amis may have been correct, such was the power of Waugh's pros and story telling and this reaching something in me, that Amis' comments didn't undermine my appreciation of the novel.
I think Aims misses something very crucial in Brideshead, maybe he himself is too whole of a man to see it. The novel is about deeply broken and flawed people struggling to find meaning in a world of intense sensual pleasure that is ultimately hollow. As a broken and flawed people myself who clings like a pathetic drowning rat to whatever scraps of deviant delight I can horde for myself rather than letting go to sink in God's ocean of Mercy I find it deeply moving. Maybe sane and normal people can't pick up on how perfectly this is illustrated in Sebastian's character.
@@47StormShadow Sebastian best illustrates it yes, but as you say it is relevant to all the characters and I think to ourselves at some level or other. Also, yes, I agree, Amis has missed this point.
Lord Lovat, what a treat!
Classy gentleman, leader of the clan and hero of D Day. We shall never see their like again.
Most splendid, Indeed!
I think it's ironic, and rather paradoxical, that the further flung a political outpost, the more pompous and officiously bureaucratic its administrators become (reference to Waugh's unflattering observation of the British legation's officers in Addis Ababa).
Marines and Commandos? What was he thinking? Thank you for uploading this, it’s wonderful.
professional jealousy reeks from the authors casting shade on Brideshead Revisited. They’re just green with envy at Waugh’s success and the quality of his writing
Never cared for Brideshead personally; though I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Waugh’s novels over the years.
Preferred Decline, Vile Bodies, and Scoop. Brideshead seemed endless and directionless.
Nice one,my friends.
Great,thankyou for posting,where is plfermor.?ha!
Does anyone know what the music is from 55.43 and the music over the end credits?
William Walton: Music for Children for Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Terrific, thank you so much. And I see that was the source for other sections as well. That's a decades-long question answered.
No worries at all. If you use a smart phone, you can download an app called Shazam which you can use to detect and identify music audio. I just used that.
Short intro outro musical theme is interesting.
Ikr?
Janet Hayes
What is lkr?
@@charleswinokoor6023 I know, right? I've watched this doc many times over and I really like that intro as well.
@@tothelighthouse9843 Thank you.
what is the music at 13:45 onwards?
I’m guessing here.....,music by Benjamin Britten,?
Thanks for the upload.
Can anyone tell me the name of the music played during the last reading?
It's called "Song at Dusk" from "Music for Children" by William Walton.
@@mindslaw4961 Thank You, very much
@@mindslaw4961 Thanks, it seemed perfect for that scene!
Amis is too hard on Brideshead. The characters were empty and their emptiness almost destroyed them. Their only solidity was their faith. What the world - in the form of Charles Ryder - admired from without, beauty, title, property, was the Flyte's prison. Ryder came to understand the deal, finally, and was cheery with his lot.
Fuck you know more about that book than the writer himself....congrats... 🤮
What is empty is the bizarre fixation on Catholicism....which you'll notice is never treated seriously but just as casual window dressing. Religion in general seems to be given this tremendous weight, but then is never explored at all.
Is it true that the Granada producers were less than happy with Mortimer's adaptation? I heard they made significant alterations themselves in keeping with the book's spirit. They left Mortimer's name on the credits however.
Is the reader Sir Nigel Hawthorne? It sounds like his voice?
No, The writer Graham Greene.
It is Nigel Hawthorne for a lot of the readings, but Graham Greene reads some of Brideshead as well (he is off screen).
His feeling "at one" with a world he appears largely to have despised seems fitting. It would be interesting to know more on whether he cared two figs what happened in Addis Ababa. Or was his support of Mussolini merely convenient at a time when he is also desperately courting the Pope's approval for his annulment? Particularly in light of the official church organ's denunciation of Black Mischief. He certainly--eventually--got what he wanted from the situation, at any rate.
Great to watch but adverts every 3-4 mins are really annoying!
What is The music in The beginning?
Another Green World by Brian Eno
0:40
What beautiful place is this?
The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, Canada's Minister in Washington (1926-1930), Canada's High Commisionner in London (1935-1946), Governor General of Canada (1952-1959 at 57:56. Smiling, not his usual attitude ...
Amis’ hatred of ‘Brideshead’ is as famous as the book and just as over the top. He did though write a vicious review of the television series with a very funny title, ‘How I Lived In A Very Big House And Found God’.
The house at least provided the god many possible nooks and crannies to reside in , undetected as usual.
Does anyone know the name of the man speaking at 50:00 ?
Guessing but it looks like John Mortimer, who adapted the book for the BBC series.
Can someone tell me anything about the music used to introduce and end the film?
Thanks.
@@tothelighthouse9843 Thank you.
Tragic that the volume is so low
If you look on your phone/laptop there should be a volume control. Turn it up?
It says everything about Britain during the war that a writer with no experience whatsoever could be put in charge of commandos and marines by leaning on a few friends.
I agree with you ,it makes no kind of sense to head men in the military with no kind of experience of the military ,just because he's a upper class twit writer ,he's an excellent writer ,not a type to make a army man .
Allied with the USSR and let them take over and enslave half of Europe - Waugh was quite right to be disillusioned on that one
Well said.
"never trust a british catholic"- my irish (catholic) grandmother
So when the relationships he had with fellow travelers and journalists were “ambiguous”, and his first marriage lasted just a year or two, and given his brother’s encounter with fellow schoolboys, then a long break as a single man, do we wonder about his own sexual preferences?
"The most successful author of his day"? By what measure? Sales? Financially? He was up against Wodehouse, Somerset-Maugham and Christie at the very least. Hm, not so sure.
Critical success which has had and continues to have in abundance
I think Evelyn's brother Alec was about as successful, at least financially.
How could the RC church annul a non Catholic marriage? and How does one go through a ' homosexual phase'...
Catholic church can and do....as for the homosexual phase tell the world about yours?
He needed the annulment to marry a Catholic. I suppose by that reckoning they needed to ensure he was kosher!
The RC Julia had married Rex who had "converted" to RC to marry her.
Disappointing in that so little analysis of Waugh's works and his legacy ..just endless readings...
I see plenty of analysis from lots of significant folks loser.
Analyze Humor? You must be some sort of...German.
Joseph Harder : Loved your remark - made me laugh out loud. Thanks.
I'm so surprised by your remark!
Most splendid, Indeed!