1996 Directed by Anthony Minghella
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Ralph Fiennes Juliette Binoche Willem Dafoe Kristin Scott Thomas Naveen Andrews Colin Firth Julian Wadham Torri Higginson Jürgen Prochnow Kevin Whately Clive Merrison Nino Castelnuovo Hichem Rostom Peter Rühring Geordie Johnson Liisa Repo-Martell Raymond Coulthard Philip Whitchurch Jason Done Roger Morlidge Simon Sherlock Sebastian Schipper Fritz Eggert Sonia Mankaï Rim Turkhi Sebastian Rudolph Thoraya Sehill Sondos Belhassen Gregor Truter Show All…
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ELAINE: Ugh. You wouldn't believe it. My boyfriend dumped me. My friends, who I don't even like, they won't talk to me. (face-pulling) All because I don't like that stupid English Patient movie.
WAITRESS: Really? I thought it was pretty good.
ELAINE: Oh, come on. Good? What was good about it? (scoffs) Those sex scenes!I mean, please! Gimme something I can use!
WAITRESS: (sour) Well, I liked it.
The waitress takes the coffee pot and walks away into the back.
ELAINE: (calling after) Hey. You forgot about my piece of pie. Hello?
(irritated) You know, sex in a tub. That doesn't work!
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CAROL: Elaine. Elaine, did you just see The English Patient?
GAIL: (tearful) Didn't you love it?
LISA:…
First time watch for me. 1996 was a bit of a mess for me so that's probably why I missed it.
I found it engaging yet I wasn't swept away... perhaps because of the film's formality. And John Seale's cinematography is of course delicious.
Budget was 27 million. Even for 23 years ago, that's impressive.
Watched on Blu-ray
The more that I watch this film, the more it creeps up my top 100 film's of all time list. This film is an overlooked gem nowadays, even though it won a lot of awards back in 96.
An undeniable masterpiece and it almost puts every other film ever made to shame. Seriously give it another try if you don't believe me and if you have watched it more than once and you still aren't a fan then what can I say.
The direction and storytelling are impeccable and the cast all around are outstanding! Especially Juliette Binoche! And Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews (brilliant) and Colin Firth and freaking amazing.
Yep, I like this movie just as much as Taxi Driver, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Magnolia and Pulp Fiction...rounding out my top 5 film's.
The English Patient is a story about a Canadian nurse in World War 2 who looks after a disabled, dying burn victim in a broken down Italian monastery. The patient cannot remember his name and his life is revealed slowly (very slowly) via flashbacks while the nurse reads him his copy of Herodotus' Histories.
Believe me, it only sounds thrilling on paper.
I originally saw this film on the big screen in 1996. I thought it was mediocre but I enjoyed some of the performances. I thought Juliette Binoche and Naveen Andrews had great chemistry and I kinda wished the film was about them. Ralph Fiennes and Willem Dafoe are always a welcome addition to any movie. The problem was…
The lines in this, they do read like poetry. They're so good, I think I could've written them myself. "Mrs Clifton, I believe you still have my book. Now on your back!" "You still have sand in your hair. Now fuck me!" A beautiful film, full of love, compassion, and poetry.
“The English Patient” is a nearly three hour-long film; which - somehow - still, does its characters an injustice in lack of time devoted to each of their stories.
Anthony Minghella’s wartime drama is a complex, interweaving tapestry of three romances. Each of which, would have rights for its own epic retelling. It is to “Patient’s” credit of ambition, though not its cohesion as a narrative, that an attempt to relate the trio of relationships simultaneously, amounts to a dizzying cacophony of tragedy and longing.
Based on a novel that is structured as a quartet of stories set in the Italian Campaign, “Patient” the film suffers from unfortunate favoritism for one particular portion of the book; that of the affair…
A sweeping epic tale of an ill fated love that transcends distance, time and even death!
I found the slow reveal thru a series of flashbacks to be deliriously intoxicating!
Extraordinary performances by one and all! However I felt Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche performances were beyond exceptional!
The visuals were absolutely breathtaking!
(Adam & Justin's Letterboxd Movie Club)
Does The English Patient deserve to be remembered as just 1996's oscar bait nominee, that somehow rose up to claim the top prize?
"I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything. It comes from too long having to read so much into hardly anything at all."
The English Patient clearly aims to capture the feel of one of the great period romantic wartime epics. But all the cool desert visuals, solid performances, and being told with a non-chronological narrative ... can not make up for how dull it is IMHO.
"You're wearing the thimble .... Of course, you idiot. I always wear it; I've always worn it; I've always loved you."…
