Product: Brideshead Revisited [VHS] (1982)
Rating: 5.0
I want to give it more than 5 stars....
This is one of the most amazing films/miniseries ever made. Eloquent, sad, haunting, humanistic, and beguiling are just some words I can use to describe this masterpiece. Considering it was a "troubled" production (it was originally going to be a 6 hour miniseries, but due to circumstances, including a technician's strike AND a change of directors, it eventually became an 11 hour miniseries), that a masterpiece of such depth emerged is nothing short of amazing. They were, of course, working with great source material by Evelyn Waugh. The performances are first rate, absolutely first class. There doesn't seem one false note, or one misplaced scene in the entire film. The restoration looks magnificent. When I first saw it, I could have sworn it was shot on 35mm film (it looks that good). The liner notes said it was shot on 16mm! I have never seen 16mm film look so good. This is the uncut version as well. There is brief nudity, which PBS edited out of the 2nd broadcast (which was absurd to do). This is considered one of the greatest miniseries ever made, and with good reason.