The Dead (Ending) - John Huston adapts James Joyce
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- On the brink of death and from a wheelchair, John Huston directed this perfect masterpiece, one of the best literary adaptations in the history of cinema.
Being a faithful adaptation to Joyce's story The Dead, Huston's work is even more touching. Interpretations are simply superb (what a goodbye-present he offered to his daughter Anjelica!), and all the film runs smoothly to this climactic ending.
One of the truly great monologues in film. Poignant and devastating.
I absolutely agree with you, There are only a couple of other moments in all cinema which have, to me, a similar harrowing of the heart. Nothing I could say in words can suggest quite why they have those effects upon me - but it's almost as if the rest is dross, and I say that as someone who loves fifty films; but only a handful pierce me in this way.
Can I point out that as Gabriel talks about “poor aunt Julia”… there is a quick shot of them both dancing but the brilliance is it’s taken from outside the window. Exquisite detail.
Excellent. I will never forget the last scene of this movie. So true to life and death. The dead often have more power over us than the living.
You are so right.
Saw it in the theatre in 1987 in Toronto on my own. Absolutely hypnotic. One of my all time favourites.
Way back when, I chose the Irish soul over the scottish. Largely because of this
Yeah, I saw it too.
Oh how I wish I could have seen it on the big screen
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I first saw this film in university for an English Literature class and this last part really threw me back, how it had such depth contrasted to the rest of the film, and how it almost seemed to spring out of nowhere.
In listening to the story of Michael Fury, one can't help but think that when he got Greta's letter telling him she was leaving, he must have known deep down that he wasn't going to make it, so he braved the cold of that night just to see her one last time.
I think that the rest of the film is just to prepare for this scene. John Huston is a master, and when you watch the film for a second time, you can read a lot from the eyes of the characters.
Falling faintly and faintly falling
Ineffable and everlasting. Utterly magnificent.
This scene is the apex of cinema. Unbelievably deep and expertly expressed.
What a beautiful soul Donal McCann was. Met him in the 1980s and was so sad to hear of his untimely death. An absolute star and gentleman.
The five who voted this scene down are the saddest, most bereft of imagination dead souls. Glad I am not one of them.
A very subtle, yet extremely powerful film. Superb.
such a beautiful ending.... remembering a long lost love from youth can be so powerful
I love the book and I think this is as perfect an interpretation as I can imagine.
Gabriel Conroy: What was it he died of so young? Consumption, was it?
Gretta Conroy: I think he died for me.
How did I miss this masterpiece for 30 years? "Soon we'll be shadows." I want to go be kind to everyone I see now
Yeah, it's very good film. And brilliant actors. I saw this movie, when i was eight years old, and I like it. Now I watch this movie, and cry. Especially in the ending. Anjelica is so beautiful. Brilliant actress
You are so right. Something we all need to learn.
A really superb short film of The Dead. I cannot imagine a better version.
It’s not a short film. It’s a feature length directed by John
Huston in the final months of his life.
@@JimmySteller I think they means it's literally short - it is very short for a feature film, less than 90 minutes.
Wow Angelica Huston's irish accent is absolutely spot on
Yes I found Angelica Huston to be a revelation in this film but oh, what a vehicle for her as an actress ! I find her accent to be very good and suspect
that more knowing eyes than mine can recognise it as such. In addition to her Irish heritage she had of course lived in Ireland in her childhood and was
able to draw upon much imbibed and rich material. And to work with McCann, this alone assures her screen immortality.
@@CaruthersHodge if she has Irish roots and spent time there that would definitely help. As an Irish person I can't help but find inaccurate Irish accents in movies to be jarring, hers sounds natural. That's rare!
@@ParsleyPunch Yes, no winking stage accent here. Glad you give the speaking
effort on Huston's behalf your approval.
The director, her father, would have been mortified to have slipped up in this regard.
Truly and beautifully haunting.
“One by one we were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
Do not go softly into that good night.....
Do not go gentle into the good night-- Dylan Thomas
a monologue that should be mandatory for art schools, concerning theatre.
Joyce and Houston perfect match
Assoluto capolavoro letterario, evocativo e struggente.
This, not The Age Of Innocence, Not Barry Lyndon, Not *Dodsworth, Not the Russian*War and Peace, not Schindler's List* not *\Remains Of The Da*, Not Wise Blood, is the greatest screen adaptation of a classic work of literature. Period. Full Stop, Case closed.
It may look like blasphemy, but I prefer Huston's film over Joyce's story.
While this is superb, I’d say Howards End is better.
@@santi_abad They are both great works of art, in very different media. I would hate to have to pick one over the other.
Huston's best films are all adaptations of works of literature: "The Maltese Falcon", "The Treasure of Sierra Madre", "The African Queen", "Moby Dick", "The Night of the Iguana", "The Red Badge of Courage", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Under the Volcano" - all classics of literature, in very different genres, all brilliantly rendered into film by Huston. But "The Dead" is his masterpiece, and his elegy.
Of course, it isn't necessary to choose one over the other. In my case, as I watched Huston's film before I read Joyce's story, I was extremely moved by the film, and hence my preference, but it might have been different had I read Joyce's story before. Anyway, as you said, both are two masterpieces, and Huston's literary adaptations were of high quality. Thank you for your comment.
Es un momento solemne...poesia cruel.ARTE.GRACIAS HUSTON.🌹🍃❄🌹🍃❄🌹🍃❄🌹🍃❄🌹🍃❄❤
It7 makes one's heart heavy and conscious of that which we can only feel and never really see. Almost as if an epiphany rains down you want to touch those lives, lives of those beneath the gray stones that mark their folly and wasted life.
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What a touching and sad ending, to the last film directed by the great John Huston. How many days did later did John Huston die after completing this final scene ? Also can I say John Huston showed remarkable courage knowing he was directing the last film of his career before dying at the age of 81true or false? I await your reply. Thank you for your reply.
I remember watching a documentary about John Huston in which he was seen directing the film from a wheelchair and breathing through an oxygen tank. I believed he finished fiming The Dead in April and would die in August, several months later.
It is unlikely that he did not know that he was directing his last film (it is almost impossible for a director to get an insurance at the age of 81 being healthy...), but I've also read that he intended to take part as an actor in the film Mr. North (he was replaced by Robert Mitchum).
I think he somehow knew he was going to die soon, so you are right, he showed remarkable courage, but I think he achieved a perfect masterpiece, the culmination of a great career.
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Well, it's technically a monologue I suppose. More of a directoral and editing scene. McCann's silent acting is superb.
Happy Little Christmas everyone. ❄️
2:08 ... i think he died for me
I need to see full movie can I have the link please
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So sentimental
Advertisements interrupt this scene... And right before the monologue, no less. Tasteless.
Obviously, I am not the owner of the copyright for this movie, so the only way to avoid that the video is withdrawn from the channel is that the owner obtains income for publicity. I think it works randomly, but it is indeed a bad position for the ad.
I can assure you that this channel obtains no income from ads.
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Gretta died???!
Alena Sladkova no, she fell asleep, exhausted by her grief. But I think a great part of her died with Michael.
Hatty Tarrant thank you 😊
Always happy to help ^^ you should read the book, it's a masterpiece.
be sure to read, really liked the movie 🔥
Agree with all the heartfelt comments about this masterpiece. Also, to think of Anglica Huston bouncing around NYC discos, with a bunch of shallow fashionistas, let alone putting up with Jack Nickolson, when she had this in her. Brava, Angelica.
To be fair, Jack Nicholson was a hell of an actor. Maybe she picked up a few pointers??