Product: Brideshead Revisited [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
A wonderful and moving view of England ca. 1920 to WWII
Even if you have never read Evelyn Waugh's brilliant book, you will greatly enjoy this superb video series. The character of Waugh's incisive prose is preserved, and the first-rate performances of the cast (Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Claire Bloom among others) will deeply impress you.Brideshead Revisisted is the story of Charles Ryder and his connections to the aristocratic Marchmain family whose estate--Brideshead-- provides the core of this story. We follow Charles from his first encounters with Sebastian Flyte (the youngest Marchmain son) at Oxford and the passionate friendship that develops between the two to the final breakdown of Charles relationship with the Marchmain family. Charles's devotion to Sebastian is matched by his romantic interest in the Marchmain clan, and his developing love for Sebastian's sister Julia.With beautiful settings from Oxford to Venice and marvelous music, the watcher is transported to the first half of the 20th century and tossed from emotional high to emotiional low along with the main characters. If you like movies like Howard's End and Wings of the Dove, or TV series like Upstairs Downstairs, why not treat yourself to this set of videos? At nearly 10 hours, it costs about as much as 5 trips to the movies, so is well worth the splurge.