The dominant figure in every scene at Mansfield is Pinter. You forget that like John Osborne, he began life as an actor. He has a brooding, predatory eye and fierce leonine presence. By breaking the seal, Rozema has freed costume drama from the shackles of tradition, exposing its naked flesh. The window that Thompson unsnibbed has been flung wide.
Fresh air tastes good.
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