Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on January 16, 2007 at 08:16:52

In Reply to: Let me know if you need a good executioner's sword posted by Victor Khomenko on January 15, 2007 at 13:49:30:

...The Queen is a rather sly and witty fantasia on the duties of monarchy in general and Britain in particular.

It's really about how Blair as PM and Elizabeth as Queen affect and change one another through their interractions above and beyond their institutional roles. Old style PR vs new style PR.

Small scale, to be sure, but well done, smart and funny.

I normally stay away from anything like that and find the whole Diana thing mystifying. But Frears has a pretty sharp eye and The Queen is well written, acted and directed.

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