Shell Shock | Ryan’s Daughter | Warner Archive

[@hulamaiden4297]

Ryan's Daughter is just another masterpiece and my favorite movie by David Lean. All characters were carefully chosen especially that of Christopher Jones. As for criticism for his "small speaking part"; what is a shell shocked man so traumatized by war to talk about? The pain and trauma of war needed to be acted out and Christopher Jones performed this outstandingly! I cannot envision another actor in this role. This scene takes me back in time as many of my family members served our country and were in wars.... They don't return the person they were when they left. Many didn't even come back. It leaves lifetime scars in the entire family. We never even heard of PTSD! I praise God they have developed therapy and rehabilitation centers for the war-afflicted. Thank you David Lean for leaving our world world with one of your many masterpieces. You are a blessing.

[@degsbabe]

It is a great movie and also one of my favourites. Very evocative scenery and marvellously acted. Unfortunately & amazingly totally misunderstood at the time by the critics who didn't like it. Lean was so upset he quit directing for quite some time . Only returning much later for Passage to India. Imagine the great films we were denied during his absence. #*!@ing critics!

[@kindnessfirst9670]

How about Peter O'Toole?

[@mattyc2478]

One of my favorite scenes in this beautiful movie. The transition showing his mental state from the trenches to her reaching out to him, set against a black background. Gorgeous film-making at its finest.

[@spacepatrolman]

In the theater I almost jumped out of my skin with those shells going off over my head

[@richardellis8193]

Three minutes and no dialogue, yet you immediately know who each of these three people are with startling depth. Amazing.

[@linzieloo1]

Beautifully said

[@jaugustomoreira]

Espetacular e sempre atual

[@NinA64ontheroad]

Ryan's daughter is my favorite movie. I watched it in my teens and it still haunts me ... despite the small appearance of Christopher Jones, his character was remarkable and unforgettable.

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

Jones's acting ability is outstanding!

[@captainboing]

Just stunning acting by all concerned. The direction is perfect and the soundtrack haunting. A classic you must see before you die.

[@melvina628]

Wow! Christopher Jones was phenomenal in Ryan's Daughter. I still feel his performance today as much as I did when I first saw this movie. He was so outstanding that people became jealous of his talent. He should have won many awards for his performance in this movie.

[@spacepatrolman]

silent movies have the best acting very little dialog in this movie

[@melvina628]

@@spacepatrolman I guess that I haven't seen enough silent movies because I thought the acting in them was corn ball. But, this scene in RD was very moving on a real level.

[@spacepatrolman]

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[@melvina628]

@@spacepatrolman I meant the old timie, silent movies of the 1920's was corn ball. RD is outstanding on all levels.

[@spacepatrolman]

@@melvina628 yes I know but they are not cornball either

[@puma55792]

Should have won an oscar for this one scene , brilliant acting,

[@melanieobremki4876]

Should have been a huge star!

[@thesummerland6165]

he was stunning in his portrayal

[@SarahLouiseA]

The officer’s quietly desperate struggle to stay calm and keep a lid on his rapidly spiralling feelings of terror from the tapping noise triggering him is masterfully performed here by Christopher Jones. Mills’ non verbal acting here is also brilliant in showing how he can physically feel the officer’s infectious panic. The empathetic way in which Rose is able to ground the officer back to reality by holding his hand is very effective in this scene.

[@godslave85]

Happy to find something about chris jones ♥️🥰 Thank you

[@Aribithia]

I thought Christopher Jones was incredible in this movie. His performance like haunted me because it was sooooo good! How on Earth could the critics give him bad reviews????

[@paulprocopolis]

With Christopher Jones, I believe it was a case of 'less is more'. I guess the critics just didn't get this, but I agree that his performance was truly outstanding. However, there were so many outstanding performances in this film!

[@Aribithia]

@@paulprocopolis I'm thinking you must be right but I really thought there were subtleties in his acting that were so unique and so on point but I guess the critics missed that. I know people see & experience things differently, but it's nice to know someone agrees with me because I was so personal removed by his performance. I absolutely agree there were many wonderful performances in that film. :)

[@paulprocopolis]

@@Aribithia I think the word you used in your initial comment, 'haunting' describes Jones's performance very well. I saw the film for the first time when I was a teenager and have only just watched it again. It's such a potent mix of beauty and tragedy.

[@Aribithia]

@@paulprocopolis absolutely his performance did haunt me I couldn't stop thinking about for quite some time after I watched it. Of course I had recorded it off of Turner Classic Movies and kept watching it over and over again, especially scenes with Christopher Jones. Mesmerizing. I had only seen it for the first time a year ago and his performance is now one of my top favorite of all time . Exceedingly deep and moving for me. Yes it's always interesting to re-watch something you haven't seen since you were a child or a teen because your perspective changes a lot. And yes wonderful description -- a potent mix of beauty and tragedy. Definitely a timeless film.

[@philipocarroll]

In all fairness in some scenes he looks like he could be replaced by an animatronic replica. This is such a ridiculous movie on many levels. I still love it though.

[@jacquelinehamilton171]

Christopher was perfect. Sometimes the people too close can't see it but an audience always knows. His beautifully reticent and ghost like performance was sublime and accidentally ingenius. He deserved an award for sure but I think he didn't make friends on the set due to personal problems and as we all know in that most narcissistic of professions...you have to play ball. Wince.

[@Pancakeshouse85]

I can't get over this scene. It is so good. The composition is magnificent.

[@stevenn33]

The most beautiful scene of love ever

[@cocoaorange1]

I have never seen this film,but have heard of it. I was only 2 or 3 when it came out. I know one thing I would not romantically kiss a person suffering from PSTD. But I would try to help them seek therapy and be kind.

[@juannarvaez3781]

What a great scene !a marvelous film!

[@heliopolis]

One of the all-time great, romantic movie scenes in my opinion. Should be so much better known. Ryan's Daughter is far from perfect, but David Lean achieved extraordinary things in it.

[@canamus1768]

agreed. a flawed but still fascinating example of david lean's art. the savaging it received at the hands of critics at the time of its release has given it a seemingly unshakable reputation as a failure, but it's good to know that its many virtues continue to be appreciated by the audience of home video and streaming service viewers.

[@clarapereira4576]

💗💗💗💕💕💕💋💋💋 Excellent acteur '' R.I.P 💔

[@kindnessfirst9670]

My favorite scene is where the captured and wounded Irish soldier answers the British officer's question of "Can I do anything for you"? with "Yes- get out of my country".

[@nellygeronimaromanlugo1818]

Quiero que suban la película completa,por favor!!!! Es una joya cinematográfica

[@crees1445]

This incredible film disturbed me so much when I first saw it. The brutality at the end. But now I can see the love story. Still savage ending though.

[@lisapell9000]

I think everyone should see this because we forget how savage people can be without a civilizing presence (in this culture, the local priest). All of us. It is popular to vilify the civilizing forces today, because of denial of the shadow side of human nature.

[@gocagoca9567]

Beautiful film , thanc you 🥰

[@dcasey77]

Christopher Jones received a lot of his criticism for his performance and although he was dubbed, I thought he was quite good in this and was far better than John Mills who somehow won an Oscar for his ridiculous cartoonish performance.

[@spacepatrolman]

as the village idiot John Mills was credible even though he really doesn't look like that

[@lisapell9000]

I am so glad to see this...Christopher Jones' performance was absolutely stunning, expressing, in that legendary face, the tension of the many subtle shifts in his trauma response without speaking a word. The romance scene was absolutely tender and attentive. This film,, every second of it, gives one images of such beauty and longing, it is a transcendent experience to watch. Again, Jones and Miles conveyed more without words than any words could. In those times, emotion and expression were not accepted, and PTSD (shell shock) was something one had to hide, or be condemned as a failure. Jones did an amazing job of demonstrating that tension.. I find the negative press he received entirely unwarranted, and was disappointed to read how Miles trashed Jones after this film was made. SPOILER ALERT The one thing I was not convinced about was Rosy's sudden statement that it is over. I didn't buy it, given the last image was of the way they were irresistibly pulled together, over space, one felt even over time. It was a timeless love, one that could not survive in this world, but I didn't feel the film showed us how she arrived at that conclusion.

[@Cool2BCeltic]

Michael, a cross between Quasimodo and Norman Wisdom.

[@spacepatrolman]

silent movies have the best acting very little dialog in this movie [ now watch TWILIGHTS LAST GLEAMING wall to wall curse words ]

[@spacepatrolman]

alsom watch SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL another IRA movie

[@Autostade67]

Fifty years on criticism remains divided as to the aesthetic success of Lean's most misunderstood film (I tend to be a defender) - Freddie Young's legendary cinematography not withstanding - but I have always been surprised that Maurice Jarre's score was not nominated for an Academy Award. 'Rosy's Theme' is so uncannily composed that the first time you hear it you have something akin to a false memory that you've known the melody all your life. And I don't think I've found anyone who has pointed out that 'Michael's Theme' is actually an interpolation of the melodic line of the theme for Major Doryan (or vice versa) as 'naturally' it should be since, thematically, Doryan and Michael are the poles of one person, or rather one figure: mutations - one tragic Apollonian desire and the other comic Dionysian chthonian chaos - a mirror upon itself between whose double reflection Rosy is repeatedly interposed. This dual image is constantly implied such that by the end of the film, the visual gesture of Michael and Doryan limping across the sand offers a near poetic relief: the union of the two apposed energies. Musically, that apposition is here demonstrated with 'The Shakes', mingling the Michael/Doryan motif with military orchestration to intimate the connection.

[@linzieloo1]

What the hell do critics know, they are given too much importance they nearly destroyed David Lean from making anymore films, so deeply hurt from what they said about Ryan’s Daughter, it was years before he made any more films,

[@Zarina1634]

Chrtopher Jones great talent. Gone way too soon. ❤

[@petercroft1901]

At the time, this movie received such bad notices, the director didn't make another movie for 17 years, I believe it was A Passage To India

[@kindnessfirst9670]

In this scene the actor almost looks like Peter O' Toole- possibly the director's first choice for the part.

[@uinsionnoriain7986]

When the film was first shown, the distributor, as a marketing trick, offered free entry to any girl whose father was a Ryan. My older sister, Maire, and I went together. Typically, she declined to go dutch on my entry ticket.

[@uinsionnoriain7986]

Rose Ryan, Roisin O'Riain agus Randolph D'O'Riain ? Was Lean a jokester, too ?

[@sondrasmith2691]

Chris Jones s u r e recovered from his shell-shock episode very quickly.

[@KathyBarry-p1n]

😂😅😂

[@thullishaker8125]

Oh.. What a movie. The film depicted the sufferings of a woman in this capitalist society. David lean deeply understood the minds of young attractive women in general.

[@freebornjohn2687]

Capitalistic society? Did we watch the same movie? Ireland under DeValera was a Catholic and agrarian society. I didn't see any capitalists / big business in the film.

[@spacepatrolman]

FLASHBACK YOU ARE IN WW1 2:30

[@GuyDepauw-f2v]

A wonderful movie Guy De Pauw dunepieper ostend

[@spacepatrolman]

1:50 ONDES MARTENOT

[@spacepatrolman]

1:09

[@spacepatrolman]

1:56

[@spacepatrolman]

2:14

[@rubrarossi6095]

❤

[@cocoaorange1]

I read Sarah Miles drugged him, in regards to his acting. That is a sinister thing to do, considering he already had mental issues.

[@rjhower3016]

The only thing I was scared of but that was the guys teeth 🤮

[@cocoaorange1]

He needed a dentist really badly!