Dorian & Basil (+Henry) | Traitor
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'Basil Hallward is what I think I am; Lord Henry, what the world thinks me; Dorian is what I would like to be - in other ages, perhaps.' - Oscar Wilde
I don't know if you noticed but I normally start my video description with a quote from the movie. This time however I chose this quote from Wilde about The Portrait of Dorian Gray (I found it in the preface of a version and it now lives in my head rent free). Honestly, this explains so much and it confirms that this is Basil's story as much as it is Dorian's. And that Harry not only managed to corrupt Dorian, but he had a big part in Basil's death. In a metaphorical sense I think that it is also meant the conflict between the artist (Basil) art itself (Dorian) and society (Henry). Ultimately art and society were a distructive combination, so the ending was inevitable.
Back to the movie. I know many people critique this adaptation cause it's not 100% accurate, and there are some things that really bug me as well, but I think it embodies the main ideas and atmosphere of the book so well that I don't know if it matters. Sure it's not good if you haven't read the book and think it would help you pass your English exam..(.not that I ever did that and failed... cries in former Letters student don't do that anyway, unless you don't have a choice) but it's a great adaptation nonetheless. While it takes some things out of context it also adds things that I think Wilde would approve (ex: the scene where Henry confronts Dorian never happened in the book, that I think adds a finality to Dorian and Henry's story, or the fact that Dorian/Basil are more than they were in the book, cause let's be honest, Wilde would have wrote that if this wasn't a Victorian novel... I mean the original story was censored for FAR less...; and there are some other examples). Also the cast is perfect. Ben Barnes IS Dorian Gray, Ben Chaplin really resembles Wilde and Colin Firth could convince me to do anything too lol. No, but joke aside-he is very convincing as Henry, I sometimes forget it's not actually him.
As for the video. I didn't plan this honestly. I actually meant to make one video for Dorian/Basil and one for Dorian/Henry (and I have a character study video for Dorian in the making), but I listened to this song and I kept thinking how much it suits the story, but from Basil's pov. So even the parts with Henry are from Basil' perspective. I read the book two times, watched the movie and edited 3 videos so far and I still wish that the scene in attic would end differently up until Dorian kills Basil. I know Basil had it bad but Dorian was actually the worst thing that could happen to him. Yet I get why he could never walk away properly.
Fandom: Dorian Gray
Coloring & editing: mine
Song: Traitor (cover by Josh Rabenold)
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I can’t believe I hadn’t commented on this!! This is my no.1 ship in this movie/book and you showed it perfectly. This sort of love triangle is shown off so well by you, and those lyrics!! ‘You betrayed me’, that hurrrttttt. You’re right. Wilde would really be appreciative of how gay this adaptation was. Alsoooo that parallel at 1:13 I simply adore it, it not only shows how much Henry’s influencing Dorian with Dorian taking his words but also Basil’s own fears of it coming true. This is perfection! Thank you for being the only vidder who edits this movie! 2:33 that also killed me, you can really feel how much Basil is hurt by Dorian’s changes! This is just amazing :)
Thank you so much! 😊❤❤ Your words means a lot! I love when people specify parts of clips that they liked and why. As for being the only vidder vidding this still. It makes me sad that is the case, but someone has to 😅
this video made me cry even more than it should. wow
Sorry 🥺 Thank you for watching! 🤎🤎
What beautiful and good analyzes of Dorian Gray. I write it in the plural since it concerns the video and the text also without mentioning the quote. The song is very beautiful. I like the film even more than the book although I am a great reader. I think the film showed what Wilde couldn't write. Ben Barnes is my favorite actor and he is masterful here as in these other roles elsewhere. Thanks again for this video.
Quelles belles et bonnes analyses de Dorian Gray. Je l'écris au pluriel puisque ça concerne la vidéo et le texte aussi sans parler de la citation. La chanson est très belle. J'aime le film encore plus que le livre alors que je suis une grande lectrice. Je pense que le film a montré ce que Wilde ne pouvait écrire. Ben Barnes est mon acteur préféré et il est magistrale ici comme dans ces autres rôles d'ailleurs. Encore merci pour cette vidéo.
I'm sorry, I didn't see this, YT hid the comment for some reason...Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I can't say I like the film *more* than the book, but I do like both as I love the story in general and the characters and just everything about it. That being said, I absolutely agree with what you said, that the movie 'showed what Wilde couldn't write' especially when it comes to Dorian/Basil.
The book holds a lot of subtext, that is evident even in the 'censored' translation so I can only imagine it would have more had it not been written in Victorian times. I have my own problems with the movie, aka some aspects I wish would have stuck with the book better, but there are also some that were added that seem like they were taken straight from Wilde and that's enough to win me honestly.
Absolutely love this. Wonderful job!!
Thank you so much! ❤🧡
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The perfect sond and the perfect edit :).
Thank you! 💖💖