“It’s this or Cluedo.” So Benedict got to go to Comic Con, so did Steven, Mark and Sue but how did they decide who else got to go? And just remember, “it’s not actually possible for the victim to have done it!”
A return to drawing the characters from my favourite film, Maurice, with James Wilby and Rupert Graves as Maurice Hall & Alec Scudder, under that umbrella.
Alec being kissed and lifted off the ground mid-kiss, his arm wrapped around Maurice.
So many scenes in gorgeous film I had to go back and view again (and again and again)
I remember reading from James Wilby that this scene was actually filmed on only day three or four , so they didn’t really even know each other!
They had dinner at a restaurant and spoke on everything but that scene.. James asked “do you think we should just go for it?” And, in Rupert’s typical, wonderful fashion, he just said “yup” and they did it.. James’ actual quote was along the lines of “he stuck his tongue down my throat, and that was the end of that!”
(Rupert also caused the bed to break in the other scene… Good Lord..)
Maurice as a book will always be my favourite and the film was bloody fantastic too! The cast were gorgeously chosen and suited the characters perfectly. Forster would have been so proud.. I even have a tattoo of Forster himself I just love it all
(And this kissing scene at the end makes me cry so much because we didn’t get that in the book, but it was so beautiful I’ve never been more happy that they strayed from the novel )
“I was yours once till death if you’d cared to keep me.”
(parallels between maurice by em forster and closer by patrick marber)
The main parallel that springs to my mind is that the same actor played Maurice’s Alec (not Maurice, not Clive) in 1987, and then Closer’s Dan on Broadway in 1999 – as well as being a friend of Marber and a stage collaborator in Marber’s wider (Pinter) projects as director:
1987
1999
2000 (production photography by Donald Cooper / Photostage [x])
allow me to offer this trio of gifs from three of my favorite scenes
they all make me sensibly chuckle, this movie is a treat
Ah yes, Clive biffing Maurice over the head with his political speech. This is at least the second instance of closet!Clive getting inappropriately physical with Maurice when Maurice would really prefer not. (See also ‘Hail fellow!’ and the unsolicited hair-ruffling in the Russet Room.)
Rupert and Susie went to the opening night of ABBA Voyage in London last night (May 26th, ‘22) and Susie very kindly shared this lovely photo of the two of them!
1-2. London, UK. James Wilby,Kristin Scott Thomasand Rupert Graves at an event promoting their film “A Handful of Dust”. June 1988. 3. London, UK. Rupert GravesandJames Wilby at event promoting their film “Maurice”. September 1987.
Photo of Rupert Graves shared by Colin and Justin, the owners of the North Star hotel in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Their hotel doesn’t officially open until June but they’ve been accommodating the cast of Washington Black for the past few weeks.
BTW, Colin and Justin aren’t just happily married hotel owners, they’re Scottish interior designers who’ve had a long string of design shows on TV in the UK, Australia and Canada and they’ve been making a series about opening this hotel which will air on Channel 5 in the UK. (Doesn’t sound like we’ll see any footage of the WBcast in that but you never know!)
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