The Remains of the Day
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (U)
D: James Ivory
Columbia/Merchant Ivory (Ismail Merchant, Mike Nichols
& John Calley)
US 1993
134 mins
Drama
W: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala [based on the
novel by Kasuo Ishiguro]
DP: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Ed: Andrew Marcus
Mus: Richard Robbins
PD: Luciana Arrighi
Cos: Jenny Beavan & John Bright
Anthony Hopkins (Stevens), Emma
Thompson (Miss Kenton), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Christopher Reeve (Lewis), Peter Vaughan (Father), Hugh Grant (Cardinal)
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and the Merchant-Ivory
production crew reunite a year after 1992's Howard's End for this WWII set period drama.
A butler, whose entire life has been deducted to
servitude, discovers his loyalty to his master is misplaced when a new, unorthodox head maid is hired and deep political secrets are unearthed.
Merchant-Ivory films will never be fully appreciated by a
commercial cinema audience, but The Remains Of The Day is amongst the easiest to digest out of their works. The excellent performances and period detail are highly notable.
7/10
