I’m always a little taken aback when I see religious guilt in a movie. Having, happily, escaped any kind of indoctrination when I was young I always find myself wondering if that’s a thing that actually motivates people’s actions. I guess it is. I think there are quite a few things that others feel that I don’t. The desire for revenge – the motivator of so much fiction – is another.
Even with the religious bits I loved this – amazingly well shot and acted. The exuberant foppishness of the first half gives way to sadness and regret in the second, but I found every moment so compelling.
I did think it was mean of Charles to lead poor Sebastian on like that. Did he truly not pick up on what was happening in his friend’s heart? Different times, I guess.