  I saw another interesting movie two weeks ago. The Remains of the Day (PG) stars Emma Thompson, and Anthony Hopkins. It’s the story of the head butler (Hopkins) of the large estate of Lord Darlington. Soon after World War I, Lord Darlington begins to get involved with Germany, in an attempt to help them after the war. He meets with many important people from around the world. That’s the big world. Then the little world is the world of Mr. Stevens, the butler, and the housekeeper, Miss. Kenton, who give orders to the other servants, and manage the house and all its inhabitants. While the affairs of the world are being decided, they clean the silver and watch what’s going on. As Lord Darlington increasingly becomes the dupe of Nazi Germany, Mr. Stevens and Miss Kenton must decide how they shall respond to it, and what their relationship is to their master, and each other.
It is a very interesting movie, and has beautiful cinematography. All the movies I’ve seen with Emma Thompson in them have always been of a high quality, and when they are movies adapted from books, they are great examples of what it is to take a book and adapt it to film. One thing I like about it is it really doesn’t have a typical Hollywood ending at all, it surprises you with reality. ( Sense and Sensibility , and Howards End are great examples of this, and I will be writing more on both later.
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