The Picture Of Dorian Gray Film

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20092009
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i h 52 m

Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)

A corrupt young human being somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, simply a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. A corrupt boyfriend somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, only a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. A corrupt swain somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, just a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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"No object is so cute that, under certain conditions, it will non look ugly." - Oscar Wilde

'Dorian Gray', directed by Oliver Parker, is definitely a more graphic adaptation of the spirit of the volume written by Oscar Wilde. Throughout, I wondered how Wilde would react to the pic, were he nonetheless with us. On i hand, I believe he would have appreciated the bear upon of horror; I certainly felt it in his writing. He was quoted from another of his books (Lady Windermere's Fan) "In this globe there are only ii tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." In this flick, the latter was certainly true for poor Dorian.

On the other hand, the book 'Picture of Dorian Gray' seemed fairly minimalist in impact (as was Barnes' interpretation of the grapheme) so, would Mr. Wilde be a smidge put off by all the melodrama and overt sexual content? Who knows? He used a lot of symbolism and subtle innuendo in his writing, but the politics of the time could account for some of what he didn't literally spell out, I suppose. After all, he was imprisoned for his lifestyle and beliefs, for a time.

Wilde lived a deep and complicated life. His personality and graphic symbol were revealed through his writing and oh, what I would take given to be on his list of friends. "A good friend volition stab you in the forepart." -- Oscar Wilde

Alas, the volume, in this case, pleased my pitiful imagination more than the movie. While the acting was superb, I had a difficult time reconciling myself with what I felt was an over-reach on the tenor of this dandy story. You lot know, the quondam 'less is more' adage.

My disclaimer to the literary elite: I am simply an appreciator of art, not a professional person, so take my stance with a grain of whatever you prefer.

"I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we all ought to wait as if we could." -- Oscar Wilde