Lady Chatterley [DVD][1993]

I loved the film, especially Sean Bean. Everyone must know the story by now...the book was banned for decades, but by the standards of today, adultery is a mild transgression. In brief, Lady Chatterley fulfills her erotic desires (or is she just looking for love? The warm and fuzzy kind?). Fortunately, and may I say with a stroke of good luck, the gamekeeper just happens to be Sean Bean! He's the object of her desire. Or maybe she is his. Not a stretch here. Both leads, Bean and Joely Richardson are played with great sensitivity, and beauty. Of course, the scene with them both cavorting in the rain, naked, most have involved some serious acting skills. Not for the kiddies. Again, well worth the price and the watch...and a young Sean Bean.

This miniseries is a superb retelling, on film, of the magnificent novel by D.H. Lawrence, which was banned from his homeland, Britain, and the United States, for thirty years. A few changes were made in the plot, as the ending of the book is a long letter by the "lover," which was not deemed dramatic enough for a film. Also, the place Connie vacationed was changed from Venice to some unidentified European beach, filled with sunshine, unlike the drab Midlands which was the main setting.Almost every actor personifies to perfection the characters in the book, but the one most exactly like the novel is the actress who plays Mrs. Bolton, the nurse. Clifford Chatterley (James Wilby),his wife Connie (Joely Richardson), and the Gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors (Sean Bean) are excellent as the main characters. I didn't think all the changes were necessary, but they were minor compared with the over-dramatized ending.It is impossible for any movie to capture the essence of Lawrence's philosophy, his hatred of modern life and the industrialism that casts a blight on almost all of nature and humanity. In contrast, the "natural man," portrayed by the sensual, iconoclastic Mellors, is one of the last, best hopes for spiritual survival. For Lawrence,sex was a sacred thing, so it is doubly ironic that this marvelous work has been banned for so long due to a few Anglo-Saxon words and unequalled descriptions of female sexuality. My advice is to see this beautiful film and then read or re-read an unexpurgated copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." (Some parts of the film were taken from earlier versions of this infamous novel, which I have also read, "The First Lady Chatterley" and "John Thomas and Lady Jane.")

Though certain scenes/themes are changed from the book and the ending is completely different, this mini-series is fantastic. The acting is great, Sean Bean is hot, Clifford is sympathetic and annoying. In the book, the whole story is framed around Clifford and his intellectual friends. However, Clifford's friends did not make it into the series, nor did Michaelis, Lady Chatterley's first love affair from the book. Michaelis was an important character because ultimately, it is his selfishness that makes Lady Chatterley completely lose touch with sensuality so it needs to be reawakened. There are many other things lost in translation; however, the series does a very good job of illustrating the class divide and Clifford's ignorance toward humanity. Mellors was everything I wanted him to be, even if his appearance is a definite upgrade from the book.

So, you must remember that the films of Ken Russell are always like a big gooey chocolate cake, wonderful, beautiful, and you have to enjoy them for their 'over the topness '. He's very '60's' if you know what I mean. The music is sometimes overwhelmingly 'twee', just a bit much. It won't spoil it for you. Take the dream sequence with the 'flowers in the hair running naked in the rain thing' with a grain of salt, THAT stuff is pure Ken Russell. Keep in mind the giddy, ' Hell in a hand basket 'atmosphere of the 20's and it will get you past a few of the remarks of Lady Chatterly that seem flippant. As far as the actors, everyone's brilliant, a really fine reworking of D. H.'s scandalous novel with a depth of portrayal by Sean Bean that leaves you empathizing with him more than any other character, and of course the love scenes are to die for, all thanks again to Mr. Bean.

I'm still waiting for the perfect version that is faithful to the book and has a Mellors who sounds like the character in the book.

For any one living on the moon who has never heard of Lady Chatterley, let me tell you the book was band in the time it was written. A married woman takes a lover at the request of her paraplegic husband to produce an heir. She falls in love and is torn between duty and the love of her life. He is poor, treated less as less than human by society. She is a lady. Her husband a high born snob. An emotional piece. Leave your husband out of this one.

I bought this flick to compare to 1981 issue with Silvia Kristel and, well, result is...boring. For obvious reasons I expected in 1992 somehow higher standards but, instead,...boring. Endless talking dont bother me but choice of actors does. I should state I didnt like any actor in this movie whereas in previous one everything was almost perfect. English movies are notoriously boring and and this one not an exception.It started promising with some class clashes but...boring.

It's not commonly acknowledged, perhaps because the old dispute about obscenity still makes people nervous even though the book would be considered mild by contemporary standards. But the story of Lady Chatterley is comparable to many of Shakespeare's plays in terms of human interest, complex characters and complex motivations for the characters, and many ways the story can be shaped by emphasis in production. This film has some complex and very interesting ways of telling the story.

very good, fine acting

Wie von den anderen Damen empfohlen, habe ich die englische Variante mit deutschen Text angesehen!!! Es war ein Unterschied von Tag und Nacht und viel erotischer, was gesagt wurde. Lady Chatterley hat eine viel mädchenhaftere Stimme und worüber sie sich unterhalten ist direkter und überzeugender. Mister Mellors (der Wildhüter / Sexiest Man Alive im Film) versucht anfangs noch das Ruder herumzureißen, dass ihre "Zusammenkunft" nicht passiert. Er ist sehr schroff zu ihr. Haaahaaa. Aber alles unausweichlich. Hat sie doch die allgemeine Erlaubnis von ihrem Ehemann bekommen, dass die Ehe nicht kinderlos bleibt...

Por fin he encontrado este dvd en castellano! solo encontraba la versión en inglés. El dvd llegó en perfecto estado.

youtubeで見て買った。ワシのような購入者がいるなら映画会社はyoutubeへのアップロードの取り締まりをやめてもいいんじゃないですか？他のレビューにあったが釘のクロスはキリスト教の象徴ではなくてセックスの象徴だと思う。その証拠に+ではなくてXだった。それと雨の中のシーンはやらされている側が気の毒だとあったが、それはあなたがビデオを見ているから反射的に見られていると思うのであって男女が雨の中を全裸で走り回ってセックスするのはやるほうにとっては楽しいことだと思う。考えてみればシェークスピア劇だって見られている役者は相当恥ずかしいと思う。だってあんなきざなセリフを言うんだもの。イギリス人も正座をするんだ。画質はフランス版のほうがきれい。BBCでの放送の時にはまだデジタル放送がなかったのか？フランス版の役者は数えきれないくらいgrain de beauteがあったがジョエリー・リチャードソンには見当たらなかった。

J'ai tout d'abord été surprise de constater que le DVD était gravé recto-verso. Mais une fois la surprise passée, j'en ai été enchantée : la multiplication des DVD prend de la place. Enfin l'histoire est magnifique et les acteurs excellents. Je recommande cette version aux français anglophones. Elianoux