7 April 2007

argurotoxos: Midnighter holding balloons, waiting for his husband (Default)
I first heard about Maurice when someone mentioned it during a discussion of Mary Renault's The Charioteer on [livejournal.com profile] maryrenaultfics. Intrigued, I looked it up on Amazon and, thinking the plot sounded vaguely reminiscent of The Charioteer, albeit set in an earlier time period, and seeing that the reviews were almost universally five stars, I added it to my wish list.

Maurice is a simply beautiful film that fully deserves its own detailed scene-by-scene review. I'm not very fond of the summary on the back of the DVD, but the first line is perfect: "Set against the stifling conformity of pre-World War I English society, E.M. Forster's Maurice is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding."

Continue with the Maurice commentary, including plot spoilers and a comparison to parts of The Charioteer. )

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