What inspired writing AND acting!!!! This Blum guy was super, despite the naughty little curl in the middle of his forehead. How close to reality the description of the woman traitor is to real life in the purchasing of the Suez Canal, I don't know, but it makes for an intriguing movie......replete with signaling taps on the table.
AS we await tomorrow's presidential election with little hope for any improvement in representation of we the people, I can only get a little comfort from the knowledge that ethics have never bothered politicians in the past. But what DOES bother me is there has been a natural selection of the most brilliant folks leading the leading nations. With someone whose IQ is less than his shoe size, we have no hope..........unless, like the queen, he turns over the government to the Cheneys, and the Republican establishment. Amoral though they are, they aren't dumb. Just so was Disraeli.
Whoever wrote the screen play was inspired and the editors didn't try to dumb him down, as opposed to today's movie producers/establishment. It's so very sad to see smart writing relegated to when we the people were considered to have half a brain. The picture of the devotion Disraeli had to his wife is also inspiring.
The wooden performances and highly stylized acting were true of the time, and is a hoot in and of itself. See this one!!!!
AS we await tomorrow's presidential election with little hope for any improvement in representation of we the people, I can only get a little comfort from the knowledge that ethics have never bothered politicians in the past. But what DOES bother me is there has been a natural selection of the most brilliant folks leading the leading nations. With someone whose IQ is less than his shoe size, we have no hope..........unless, like the queen, he turns over the government to the Cheneys, and the Republican establishment. Amoral though they are, they aren't dumb. Just so was Disraeli.
Whoever wrote the screen play was inspired and the editors didn't try to dumb him down, as opposed to today's movie producers/establishment. It's so very sad to see smart writing relegated to when we the people were considered to have half a brain. The picture of the devotion Disraeli had to his wife is also inspiring.
The wooden performances and highly stylized acting were true of the time, and is a hoot in and of itself. See this one!!!!