The remains of the day: Miss Kenton and Mr Stevens

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[@jisa39]

You are extremely important to this house, Miss Kenton = You are extremely important to me, Miss Kenton

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

No shit Sherlock. Thanks for your insight.

[@navsofour2892]

Incredible movie. This is the most compelling performance of A. Hopkins paired by the incredible Emma Thompson, not sure why this wasn't an Oscar win.

[@Myriam70]

I agree. Unfortunately that year the competitor for the Oscar was Schindler’s list that won everything.

[@jedi1967]

I used to work for AMC Theatres in the 1990's. This movie came out after Silence of the Lambs. What a performance. He should have won an Oscar for a perfectionist butler...as well as Emma Thompson, the imperfectionist that wants to defy his perfection...

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Breathtaking film! An absolute masterpiece! I think I’ve seen it at least twenty times. 😢

[@diegobarreto8662]

yes: the book scene and this scene are inbelievable

[@Jeanemilr-hn7tj]

Le Plus Beau Film Du Cinéma Mondial. Déchirant, Subtil, Émotionnellement Puissant, Peut-être, Ma vie sentimentale gâchée.

[@CBeard849]

Such a great movie even though the ending was heart wrenching. Hopkins and Thompson are sublime in their portrayals.

[@Myriam70]

I agree. Sad sad movie but stunning performance of Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins.

[@Kenneth_Mac_Pherson]

@@Myriam70 What an EXCELLENT video you've done here! BRAVO! JOB WELL DONE! 🙂 Have you ever seen Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stone's 1995 epic biographical drama, "Nixon"? If not, then I CANNOT HIGHLY recommend it ENOUGH! (FYI: The THEATRICAL release was 3 hours & 12 minutes. HOWEVER, I'd DEFINITELY recommend the "Election Year Edition" version, which is a little longer -- clocking in at 3 hours & 32 minutes -- and get it in BluRay!) Although I know a LOT about history (including former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon), those who don't know a lot about history can also DEFINITELY enjoy this EXCELLENT movie! It'll stay with you a VERY LONG time (and give you PLENTY to ponder)! I STILL watch it, to this day -- at least a few times a year. If you've never seen it, then watch the trailer first. Search for this on KZbin: NIXON Original Theatrical Trailer It's from user "fireice1971", and it's about 4 & 1/2 minutes (yes, a PRETTY lengthy trailer)! ENJOY! 🙂

[@Myriam70]

@@Kenneth_Mac_Pherson thanks. I’m a huge fan of Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson (I manage a blog and a Facebook page dedicated to Emma) and I’ve watched all their movies. For me Anthony is the best living actor in the world.

[@beyourself2444]

One of my favs

[@federicarossi5406]

The man of the lost opportunities

[@sebastienbarbe3170]

The most impressive movie, in my all life. ❤️

[@myriamsautographs1745]

I agree 🥰

[@NelsonClick]

Could be my all time favorite film. It nudges you deep into it without you even realizing it. No presented whack-a-mole reality to break its spell. Adult film; where adult doesn't mean full of vulgarity or nudity. I believe Anthony Hopkins was fated for this role as he would have been the only actor in the whole world capable of playing it. The role requires a duality and depth that only an experienced film actor can perform. There's a lot dramatic movement needed but without speaking.

[@tenminutestolate]

Masterpiece!

[@franciscaa.8732]

Indeed 👌🏽

[@michaelscurr9046]

My favourite movie of all time ❤

[@steved8053]

excellent. this speaks about life and the essence of human emotions...

[@diegobarreto8662]

tony the master

[@johannalottin4012]

Love it ❤

[@luciabraithwaite3446]

Beautifully put together - thank you L.

[@Myriam70]

Thanks ☺️

[@Dorotii3107]

I like her walk😀

[@mjremy2605]

Stevens was in a prison of his own making, too afraid to step out. Kenton made the right move to get on with her life. Time waits for no one. I don't feel sad I feel sorry for him. He's an emotional cripple. He will die alone never having had love in his life. Fool.

[@squamish4244]

I do. Stevens was a victim of the social conditioning of the time. So many of these people subverted their own happiness in the service of their masters. The result was emotionally stunted people. But Stevens was not a fool. The story is a tragedy of both individual and social inhibitions and an indictment of the stifling class system of the UK in the 1930s. And this persisted, although weakened by WW2 (which is reflected in the film), up until it mostly collapsed in the 1960s. Even as late as 1980 King Charles could not marry Camilla because she was not of aristocratic blood.

[@henry-bo3np]

Mr. Stevens is an "emotional cripple" because he is homosexual - at a time, in a society when he cannot, without risking all, openly express that.

[@johnbicknell4748]

​@BCTMB+yes, exactly, she accuses him of hiding his feelings but she won't speak her feelings to him, she doesn't make herself clear.

[@rmcq1999]

Where are the films of this caliber now?

[@tommym321]

Beautifully done!

[@Myriam70]

Thanks ☺️

[@terencehennegan1439]

Riveting. Faultless performance.

[@st.dominic4169]

I think Mr. Stevens is just introvert.

[@GeorgiRusev]

I am wondering, how much of the classic old-school English courtesy, politeness, and delicacy, as shown in the movie, is left today in real life in England?

[@Myriam70]

There’s probably little left of that old-school English courtesy because the world has changed but England remains a great romantic country.

[@labrador-fx3fb]

Depends. You won't find it as a tourist. You'd have to be invited into a social setting/event to meet that specific circle. Even so; it has long since evaporated into degeneracy. Incidentally: Germany losing WWII is what created the depravity we are in, now.

[@madophelia4322]

You can see it in the countryside but not in our cities

[@31acruz]

He was just a coward, insecure of himself and afraid to try at anything in life. Even when the woman was willing to do all the work for him.

[@Myriam70]

In fact at first he aroused me anger and disappointment, then I just understood he was an unhappy man.

[@fosbury68]

Not sure what she ever saw in him in the first place. Good women, foolish choices.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

I don’t think he desired her sexually but I do think he loved her deeply. She desired him though.

[@Myriam70]

@@DeepScreenAnalysis he is so irritating as he flaunts false indifference that she becomes bad out of frustration.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

@@Myriam70 yes, he was conditioned to never acknowledge any feeling which he didn’t truly understand. Perhaps he couldn’t reconcile his love for her to the fact that he was incapable of expressing that love physically. Or maybe he was just terrified of expressing that need. His safety was always in making the world ordered and good manners, because those things seemed to make sense of the chaos. And there is no greater chaos than feeling emotions which overwhelm you.

[@paulyeomans850]

She loved him.

[@Myriam70]

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[@labrador-fx3fb]

I didn't realise you're a fan of Emma. Have you met her?

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

I have a theory that Stevens is asexual and incapable of satisfying Ms Kenton’s needs, which explains why he can’t consummate his love for her.

[@Myriam70]

You’re probably right.

[@tommym321]

@@Myriam70 making it all about a psychological condition makes it less interesting, don’t you think?

[@Myriam70]

@@tommym321 the psychological condition is predominant in the movie but there are many other themes of great importance such as the war, loyalty etc.

[@da96103]

The first aroace in literature?

[@pratyushpadhee636]

I am afraid, Stevens was not asexual rather he was wrapping up his feelings under the rug of professionalism.

[@henry-bo3np]

Mr. Stevens is homosexual - at a time, in a society when he cannot, without risking all, openly express that.

[@robertmacdonald5496]

That's so obviously untrue. The entire tension of the story is his unrequited desire for Miss Kenton.

[@henry-bo3np]

@@robertmacdonald5496, the opposite is true. The entire tension of the story is Miss Kenton's unrequited love for Mr. Stevens. Most adult men have romantic relationships. Why doesn't Mr. Stevens have any romantic relationships?

[@robertmacdonald5496]

@henry-bo3np Because he's a ludicrously repressed, hard-working man who knowingly squandered the love of his life. This isn't even a debate, Mr Stevens' love for Miss Kenton is explicit in the novel and has been made very clear by the author. Meanwhile there is not a scrap of evidence suggesting his supposed homosexuality.

[@henry-bo3np]

@@robertmacdonald5496, the evidence that Mr. Stevens is homosexual is his life. There are millions of "repressed, hard-working men." 99.9% of them have romantic relationships. Mr. Stevens however has none.