An Evening at the Cinema

I share with you now a series of YouTube clips from one of my favorite movies ever: the 1966 Best Oscar winner, A Man for All Seasons. This is an old-school, thinking man's movie—the kind they don't make any more! That means: no sex, no "T and A", no car crashes, no special effects, and virtually no violence. But. . . high drama every step of the way! And dialogue—it's all about dialogue, dude!

This just might inspire somebody to rent or buy the DVD! :)

By the way, this is the kind of "patriarchal" stuff that feminists hate with a vengeance—and that alone is a powerful recommendation.

Paul Scofield (in the role of Sir Thomas More) is a wonderful, enchanting, amazing actor—you will enjoy his mastery of subtle expression and understated gesture. Orson Welles is memorable as Cardinal Wolsey. John Hurt, who portrays the perfidious Richard Rich, later went on to play Winston Smith in 1984, and more recently appeared as the diabolic Chancellor Sutler in V for Vendetta.

I have arranged the clips in correct sequence relative to the movie. You eagle-eyed ones will not fail to catch the symbolism of the lilac blossoms, which occurs in both the second and sixth of these segments.