Product: Brideshead Revisited [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
Incomparably Sumptuous
Brideshead Revisited has been the standard bearer for magnificence in TV mini series since it was first shown in the early 1980s. I loved it then and when the VHS version became available in the late 1980s I bought a set which has been viewed innumerable times. Realizing that VHS tape doesn't last forever, and not wishing to be without access to Sebastian, Charles, Julia, and the other characters, I bought the DVD version as soon as it became available. It is like watching the series for the first time. The DVD version has been restored and enhanced so that Brideshead is indeed, in Charles' words, "very near to heaven". Not only is the series visually more beautiful than ever, the audio is also superb. You won't miss a single word. Brideshead Revisited is a story of lost youth, fading illusions, and crumbling glory, but it is also an evocation of growing religious faith and the workings of divine grace. No matter how many times it is watched it is always an uplifting experience. And now the DVD version has made that experience incomparably more rewarding.