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@MarleneWalker-su8ku Күн бұрын

How tragic and beautiful that Shakespeare's melancholic soliqiquy be delivered by a drunk, destitute in his nihilism, sodden with rain to an indifferent audience wolves. The genius of Withnails performance is that it is not a performance,its as real as a lonely grey sky above a city street.

@Reticule9 20 күн бұрын

They don’t make films like this anymore

@Cloudstrike_ 20 күн бұрын

They really don’t.

@mrsmith7936 2 ай бұрын

I have of late, (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth,; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition; that this goodly frame the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy the air, look you, this brave o'er hanging firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire: why, it appeareth no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man, How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, how like an Angel, In apprehension how like a god, The beauty of the world, The paragon of animals. And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor Woman neither;

@ei5916 2 ай бұрын

Those wolves got the best performance of Hamlet ever done ❤😂

@erikgood732 2 ай бұрын

The best “Dr Who” we never had.

@dorkbrandon4422 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad he didn't recite anything from the Scottish play What? Macbeth! AHHH!!! HOT POTATO, ORCHESTRA STALLS, PUCK WILL MAKE AMENDS!

@Kangkit428 2 ай бұрын

Just the best ever and moving rendition of this soliloquy I have seen

@ino7604 3 ай бұрын

I love cinema . Ive seen many movies and shows. I like to think i have good taste. This scene is in my top 5 for sure.

@mcsuibhne005 3 ай бұрын

Nihilism 1:Wolves 0

@user-jt8dh4qy8d 4 ай бұрын

I am dying from liver failure. Homeless thanks to my brother and the only people who ever cared about me my grandparents and mam and dad are long gone. Oh and one other, my beautiful partner who passed three weeks ago to the day. She was such a caring soul. I don't believe believe a God or afterlife but at least soon I will join them all in eternity. I just hope the Quantum Theory of Immortality is wrong. That truly is horrific 😢

@drewcheesman9268 4 ай бұрын

Fuckin Beautiful Baby, couldn't be more relevant tha Today now...🙏👁🌏🌀🍻 Chin chin...

@Zeppelinizzer 5 ай бұрын

what a beautiful piece of work is it

@MerryMac1000 5 ай бұрын

The older I get, the more I think about this scene.

@user-ju3nq7kj6l 5 ай бұрын

Fuck me ....when you have a hearts desire that seemingly fills your life as it appears to be that way ....and it doesn't go 'that' way .....then you quote this ..,..and think fuck it all...am better off on my own ......with my own company and faults.xx

@user-jt8dh4qy8d 6 ай бұрын

Life. Some people are far too sensitive for this cesspool of a world. ☹️

@donovanpain83 6 ай бұрын

It's one of those films that you don't want to end, always find it difficult viewing when they get back to London. You want them up in Monty's cottage longer. On a feast of roast meals, fine wines, cards and sexual burglary!

@peacelove06 7 ай бұрын

richard e grant is absolutely perfect in this movie

@Cloudstrike_ 7 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@Noblerot1830 8 ай бұрын

This is the scene where you realise Withnail is the true talent but too flawed and not the zeitgeist of the moment.

@Cloudstrike_ 8 ай бұрын

Such is life isn't it...

@zackpumpkinhead8882 8 ай бұрын

Oh, GOD I need another drink

@stephenkissane4268 9 ай бұрын

The director said I is a victim in the beginning and middle but withnail is a victim in the end

@LL-jt1xt 10 ай бұрын

I love this film but it makes me think. Speak your truth. Xx

@zulutwenty5546 11 ай бұрын

Makes me cry everytime. Shakespeare's words and the film.

@manosparavida3551 Жыл бұрын

What a closing delivery. Perhaps, one of the most unheralded ever.

@defmax29 Жыл бұрын

I was shown this movie when i was 16. Although i enjoyed it, it was mostly lost on me until i lived it a little (being skint in bedsit land and living with someone who left this grandiose lifestyle for the heights of being an eternal student [to this day] in some craphole uni in Northern Wales) unfortunately, i was from a poor background unlike the characters played in the film. But the film became slightly relatable,

@zigzogoid4591 Жыл бұрын

Shakespeare. Work shows promise. Should try harder. See me outside my study for a few things you could improve.

@howardjeddore1139 Жыл бұрын

Richard Grant was built different. One of the most greatest actors to ever grace the screen and stage.

@felinusfeline5559 Жыл бұрын

Worse when you think what he's walking back to. The previous scene had them learn they're about to be evicted. He refused all roles offered to him and he's helplessly addicted. Soon he'll be homeless, without a friend or hope in the world

@Cloudstrike_ Жыл бұрын

I like to believe he eventually found his way. We'll we can hope so rather :)

@1seansouth Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that the end of the film is foreshadowed by Uncle Monty's speech to both of them: "It's the most devastating moment in a young mans life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, "I shall never play The Dane!" It is at that moment that all ambition ceases to exist." And here is Withnail playing the Dane, but to an indifferent pack of wolves on a miserable day

@antiochiaadtaurum3786 8 ай бұрын

i never made that connection

@Truffle_Pup 7 ай бұрын

"My boys my boys... We're at the End of an Age."

@briansmith262 5 ай бұрын

Withnail replies to Monty "It's a part that I intend to play, Uncle", Monty replies "And you'll be marvelous." . Not played the way Withnail hoped I suppose. Marvelous nonetheless.

@1seansouth 5 ай бұрын

@@briansmith262 Yes, exactly. I think that was inserted to set up the final scene. It really works because Whitnail is a procrastinator like Hamlet

@StephenMincher 3 ай бұрын

@@1seansouth Dude, this is all beautifully put and I thank you for it.

@Charnel_Heart Жыл бұрын

In my opinion this is one of the saddest movies ever made not because it is showing despair not because it is about despair but because the characters are despairing. It's a comedy at least allegedly, but you see that desperation bubble 4th as a reason to every action and interaction. A series of unwhole people Trying their best backed up against a ledge And it is only here at the end when our lead dramatist is alone that the movie says the quiet part almost out loud, Plain enough for anyone who has lived there to see it and for anyone who has not to hear it

@davidcoleman757 Жыл бұрын

I've never seen his delivery of this scene bettered. The perfect end to a perfect movie.

@Goldenspiderducck Жыл бұрын

“[The wolves are unimpressed. Withnail exits into the rain.]” - last stage directions in the Withnail & I screenplay Heartbreakingly beautiful.

@dutchgus Жыл бұрын

This is the best film ever made. No competition.

@alvarodumain5057 Жыл бұрын

I've only just noticed, but isn't there a verse missing? The third verse should be "forgone all custom of exercises". Still, one of the best films ever and also probably one of the best deliveries... So good, I only just realised that line was missing, yet everytime I remembered this scene it was there!

@Superdogangel Жыл бұрын

My thoughts on this (and they are only mine) is that he was absolutely in love with “I” and he is now heartbroken. I feel that the repetition at the end of the soliloquy “nor WOMAN neither” confirms this point. This is cinema at its very best 😢

@und3rgroundman865 Жыл бұрын

I've always thought that too.

@theberetdepression8217 Жыл бұрын

some of the lines from the speech are missed, such "forgone all custom of excersies" and "i action how like and angel, in apprehension how like a god" anways was really good

@MBM1117727 Жыл бұрын

He did say the latter part.

@Eoerta Жыл бұрын

When the rain washes you clean you'll know...

@drewbakka5265 Жыл бұрын

me watching Withnel and I: haha uncle durnsly got the gay Me at the end: feels

@sashaking1115 Жыл бұрын

Perfect film, and a perfect performance from Richard E Grant!!!!

@TheJoshuamooney Жыл бұрын

I know it’s out of context, but no actor except R.E. Grant has moved me to tears with this soliloquy before. Perfect meshing of story, mis-en-scene and acting. Timeless. Someone asked me recently for my favorite final movie scene and I said: Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand in the limo in “The Long Good Friday.” But today I thought of Grant in “Withnail,” and I watched it again, and here we are. Goddammit, sometimes I think I wanna top myself-no joke-but it’s the chance to watch primal, vital art like this again that pulls me back. “Life has meaning despite your momentary misery” is the message that gets through to me.

@sebblackmore3697 Жыл бұрын

Is it the love that he has for his craft, whilst being frustrated with his own current position in the acting world/industry that motivates his wonderful display? Knowing 'I' has gone off to join those circles + peers, does Withnail give into the futility of his situation, when he has been waiting for acceptance from the same crowd for some time? Is losing his partner an egregious pain that inspires such a passionate, true, breakout performance? Is it the first acting he does in the film, other than blagging strangers to get a freebie? He cannot do this until this experience occurs and his heart broken. Even if its just for the wolves in the rain? Will his love(of acting and/or 'I') be enough to carry him through to his next evolution? Or is losing his friend too much to take and will send him into a lonely retreat, while the wolves still have their pack, and 'I' has a new one. Or is Withnail the apex wolf after all, who goes it alone, head strong with no doubt he will land exactly where he needs to be to thrive. Was he just helping out his other pack members first until they had the strength to fend for themselves and find their own feet and journeys. They are somewhat still behind bars in cages in Withnail's eyes, whereas he can only survive or feel alive outside their walls of protection, even if it means solitude. The fact he still has an umbrella gives me hope he still has regard for himself, as useless as it is in this scene, with the torrents around him. If he had bought some wellies when told to by Monty it might have done him better! Come to think of it, there is alot of references to feet and shoes in the movie. Do we all have to find our feet in harsh terrain and unstable ground? And start using them but look after them?! And the dealer whose had more drugs than hot dinners breaks into their place with nothing on his!!😂 Just some random thoughts brother seeing as you posted this recently. Stay on your feet and keep them moving forward!

@rosemaryallen2128 Жыл бұрын

Hope you are less inclined to do yourself in lately. As a point of information, love of theatre kept me going through YEARS of bleakness. 'It's a mystery'!

@wbjr6715 11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Noblerot1830 8 ай бұрын

My God! Harold Shand in the limo as it pulls out of the Savoy ! I watch that all the time. His expression. And that music! I go there sometimes for a drink in the American Bar and when I come out I do the whole scene witn a taxi. I'm a lady by the way but I play Bob And the IRA guy is Pierce Brosnan!

@Noblerot1830 8 ай бұрын

Let me know you are ok please

@sunwheels Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic movie, probably my favorite ever.

@Dreamskater100 Жыл бұрын

Sublime. (Great Film).

@garethstanden3732 Жыл бұрын

I love this scene for so many reasons. The melancholy, the anger and frustration at being left behind, and the fact that I assume Robinson got Grant to mess up the lines, just as a drunk Withnail probably would have.

@Cloudstrike_ Жыл бұрын

I’d like to believe that Withnail eventually found his way. In this life or the next.

@Jlipnicki Жыл бұрын

Mess up the lines ?

@tintobrass532 Жыл бұрын

@@Jlipnicki parts of it are missing; “how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable!”

@thedirtinyoureye2133 2 жыл бұрын

My teacher told me to be more Shakespeareang so i showed her this

@Tombuchaill 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to know what Wuthnail's childhood was like, how did he turn out so badly. It's so sad but I suppose we don't know how many people fall through the cracks.