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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | James Ivory |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1993 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Austere, Autumnal, Bleak, Chilly, Color, Deliberate, Drama, Elegant, English, Feature, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Melancholy, Movie, Period Film, Poignant, Political Unrest |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | D71097D |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396710979 |
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Customer Reviews of The Remains of the Day (Special Edition)
Outstanding Acting, A Near-Perfect Adaptation Hopkins and Thompson, along with a truly outstanding supporting cast, bring Ishikawa's book to life. Rarely is such a complex book done such justice. My principal complaint is that the ending was changed significantly. If you enjoy the film, I recommend also reading at least the last chapter of [[ASIN:0679731725 The Remains of the Day]] to compare them.
The Remains of the Day
Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, "Remains" is a refined, elegantly crafted study of loss, regret, and the costs of emotional repression. Hopkins is masterful as Stevens, a man hiding behind an unswervingly dedicated, almost pathologically formal veneer. And the ever-charming Thompson is an excellent foil, attempting to draw Stevens out of his fortress of unfeeling. Lovingly handled by the Merchant-Ivory team, with exquisite period detail and coolly expressive cinematography, "Remains" is a cinematic gem of exceedingly good taste.
"Z. Hayes" took the review right out of my minds eye :)
Z hayes "myrradine" below kind of nailed the coffin shut on reviews for this tremendous work of exceptional purity. I HIGHLY disagree with anyone that thinks the screenplay was not keeping true to the book. In fact, as "myrradine" states below, it's even better than the original work. I concur.
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>This truly shows what one can masterfully do with a book. Take an exceptional director like Merchant Ivory, with the "raw" talent of Hopkins and the exceptional pure realism of someone like gorgeous Emma Thompson, and you have what movie making should be about: timely, percise, flowing and elequont.
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>I can clearly see how many people would find this very dull and boring, but there are very few films that can utterly show you the pinnacle of the craft. Remains of the Day is clearly that type of movie.
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>Without a doubt five stars in every direction.
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>(ok so I lied z. hayes, I did one anyway) :)