Just watched Gosford park for the umpteenth time and enjoyed it as much as the first time.
The acting is perfect. No single actor dominates or over-acts. There are about a dozen characters who I really cared about. Surely only a director or Altman's calibre could have got such a cast together.
I am always amazed by the dynamics downstairs and have often noticed the similarity with a corporate environment. Downstairs is an office with all the gossip; Jennings/Wilson the management.
The murder mystery is secondary to the story and you do not expect justice in the normal sense; no one is found guilty and arrested.
Each (almost) of the rich folk upstairs have a servant downstairs, known there by the name of their master. Two parallel worlds but with a few sinister links; everyone in the house has a secret.
On a lighter note, I cycled past the estate in Wrothram Park today but was unable to see the house from the road.
The acting is perfect. No single actor dominates or over-acts. There are about a dozen characters who I really cared about. Surely only a director or Altman's calibre could have got such a cast together.
I am always amazed by the dynamics downstairs and have often noticed the similarity with a corporate environment. Downstairs is an office with all the gossip; Jennings/Wilson the management.
The murder mystery is secondary to the story and you do not expect justice in the normal sense; no one is found guilty and arrested.
Each (almost) of the rich folk upstairs have a servant downstairs, known there by the name of their master. Two parallel worlds but with a few sinister links; everyone in the house has a secret.
On a lighter note, I cycled past the estate in Wrothram Park today but was unable to see the house from the road.