I’ve watched “Wilde”. It was on my to-watch list for a pretty long time, thanks to @xenolinguistics-department ’s Instagram it was there even before I started making different segments for different actors. Be sure, though - I watched it because of Michael Sheen. I’ve seen clips from this movie in so many Ineffable Husbands Human!AU videos… Well, Michael Sheen is twenty-eight years old in that movie and it’s just illegal to be so young, pretty and charming! Have you seen those eyes? (And lips, and buttocks which were shown for the whole screen…) I probably should confess – I have read “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” and I didn’t like it… It felt boring and pretentious. I’ve read some of Oscar Wilde’s short stories (yes, the one about the giant too) and, what’s the most important - “The Importance of Being Earnest” – I’ve seen twice in the theatre and it was great! So, I’m a little familiar with Oscar Wilde’s works, but not a big fan of it. I’ve also seen Stephen Fry for the first time in that movie and I liked his performance a lot. I also wanted to make a note – I don’t know how historically accurate it is, so I’m not going to judge it those grounds. I enjoyed this movie so much! It’s dramatic, it’s romantic, it’s sensual (I was going to write sexy, but this word is just not good enough). I’ve seen so many beautiful naked young men in this movie. A lot of them was Jude Law, but I’m not saying it’s something bad. I cried a few times while watching – a lot of times, when I saw Michael Sheen, during the scene (Spoilers!) when Oscar and Bosie had a meeting in prison and started holding hands through the bars and I definitely cried in the end, which I didn’t expect to be at least slightly happy, however, it was. So, watching queer movies with no particular actors in them.
Tony Richardson was an English director for both stage and films. He worked for 5 decades, with his best know work “Tom Jones” (1963) starring Albert Finney. The film won 4 Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score.
In 1962, Richardson married actress Vanessa Redgrave. But there had been gossip that their marriage would not last. Tony Richardson was bisexual.
Even Vanessa’s mother Rachel Kempson expressed doubts, predicting the relationship would last ‘five years at a guess’. She was right.
Kempson spoke from experience… she too married a bisexual. Her husband Michael Redgrave came out to her before their marriage.
Richardson and Redgrave had two daughter, both who would become successful actresses: Natasha Richardson (born 1963), and Joely Richardson (born 1965).
Although Richardson had relationships and one night stands with men outside the marriage, it was his affair with French actress Jeanne Moreau that moved Vanessa to divorce him in 1967.
Richardson never publicly revealed his bisexuality. He died at the age of 63 due to complications from AIDS in 1991.
Based on true events, Foxcatchertells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Agatha(1979). December 1926, Agatha Christie’s husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. Fiction: A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
On paper, this is a movie I should love, but unfortunately it never really gets off the ground. It looks good, and has some beautiful cinematography, but it’s boring, and Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave deserved better. 4/10.
