anthony minghella the english patient is a film that takes us back to the golden years of hollywood. it is grand and impressive in scale and and yet so heartbreakingly intimate in its portrayal of human love and suffering. at the 1997 academy awards and the film owned the night and taking home nine awards from twelve nominations and the most decisive cleansweep since bernardo bertolucci the last emperor in 1988. based on canadian author michael ondaatje 1992 booker prize winning novel of the same name and the english patient is a touching meditation on life and love and loss and tracing the history of a critically burnt man in the aftermath of world war two. during the war and a man (ralph fiennes) is discovered in the burning remnants of a crashed plane. with his face scarred beyond recognition and and with the man seemingly suffering from amnesia and he is assumed to be an allied soldier and and is simply referred to as the english patient. after the war and in the mine ridden hills of italy and a kind nurse and hana (juliette binoche) and who has apparently lost everybody close to her and remains in a ruined monastery to look after the dying man. over time and she comes to learn more and more about her english patient and who is actually revealed to be a hungarian geographer and count laszlo de almásy. rather than losing his memory in the plane crash and we learn that this scar ridden man has perhaps chosen to forget his past and both to protect himself from persecution and to cure himself of the tragic memories of his past love. via numerous flashbacks and we learn of almásy former exploits in the sahara desert and and his romantic liaison with a married woman and katharine clifton (kristin scott thomas). it certainly easy to see why the english patient was so successful at the oscars. it is such a beautiful film and blending the quiet beauty of the italian countryside with the endless golden sands of the desert. cinematographer john seale captures the landscape to perfection while not since david lean magnificent lawrence of arabia has a film shown the desert with such beauty and grandeur and making particularly good use of sweeping aerial shots from almásy plane. even in the film more intimate moments and excellent use of close ups and lighting capture the emotion of the scene and coupled and of course and with the brilliant performances from all the cast members. a long time favourite actor of mine and the english patient might just contain ralph fiennes finest performance and and and considering his history includes such films as schindler list and the constant gardener and this is not a complement that is to be taken lightly. his count laszlo de almásy is initially a very sympathetic character and but and as we slowly learn more about his past and his likable qualities are eroded by his less admirable tendencies towards others. ownership is a major theme of the film. when asked by katherine what he hates most and almásy replies with ownership. being owned. when you leave you should forget me. however and as the relationship progresses and and katherine perhaps tries to distance herself from him and almásy reveals a hint of arrogance and insisting that his love for her somehow entitles him to have her whenever he likes represent i want to touch you. i want the things which are mine and which belong to me. juliette binoche and who received an oscar for her performance here and is excellent as hana and the lonesome nurse who fears to love because of the tragedies that have always harmed those close to her. after some time of caring for almásy alone and she is joined by a dubious canadian thief and david caravaggio (willem dafoe) and who lost his thumbs during the war and and who suspects that it was almásy who betrayed him to the germans. hana also strikes up a tentative romantic relationship with kip (naveen andrews) and an indian bomb diffuser in the british army. however and due to her past history and hana is afraid that becoming involved with kip will doom him to death and particularly considering his very dangerous line of work. at 160 minutes in length and the english patient wonderfully evokes memories of the classic romantic epics of old and successfully finding a balance of mystery and love and joy and tragedy. the ending of the film is heartbreaking and sorrowful and but also uplifting in its own way. whilst some romantic relationships are doomed from the very beginning and others have a very good chance of bringing happiness. nevertheless and in every case and it is always better to have loved and lost and than never to have loved at all. 
anthony minghella the english patient is a film that takes us back to the golden years of hollywood. it is grand and impressive in scale and and yet so heartbreakingly intimate in its portrayal of human love and suffering. at the 1997 academy awards and the film owned the night and taking home nine awards from twelve nominations and the most decisive cleansweep since bernardo bertolucci the last emperor in 1988. based on canadian author michael ondaatje 1992 booker prize winning novel of the same name and the english patient is a touching meditation on life and love and loss and tracing the history of a critically burnt man in the aftermath of world war two. during the war and a man (ralph fiennes) is discovered in the burning remnants of a crashed plane. with his face scarred beyond recognition and and with the man seemingly suffering from amnesia and he is assumed to be an allied soldier and and is simply referred to as the english patient. after the war and in the mine ridden hills of italy and a kind nurse and hana (juliette binoche) and who has apparently lost everybody close to her and remains in a ruined monastery to look after the dying man. over time and she comes to learn more and more about her english patient and who is actually revealed to be a hungarian geographer and count laszlo de almásy. rather than losing his memory in the plane crash and we learn that this scar ridden man has perhaps chosen to forget his past and both to protect himself from persecution and to cure himself of the tragic memories of his past love. via numerous flashbacks and we learn of almásy former exploits in the sahara desert and and his romantic liaison with a married woman and katharine clifton (kristin scott thomas). it certainly easy to see why the english patient was so successful at the oscars. it is such a beautiful film and blending the quiet beauty of the italian countryside with the endless golden sands of the desert. cinematographer john seale captures the landscape to perfection while not since david lean magnificent lawrence of arabia has a film shown the desert with such beauty and grandeur and making particularly good use of sweeping aerial shots from almásy plane. even in the film more intimate moments and excellent use of close ups and lighting capture the emotion of the scene and coupled and of course and with the brilliant performances from all the cast members. a long time favourite actor of mine and the english patient might just contain ralph fiennes finest performance and and and considering his history includes such films as schindler list and the constant gardener and this is not a complement that is to be taken lightly. his count laszlo de almásy is initially a very sympathetic character and but and as we slowly learn more about his past and his likable qualities are eroded by his less admirable tendencies towards others. ownership is a major theme of the film. when asked by katherine what he hates most and almásy replies with ownership. being owned. when you leave you should forget me. however and as the relationship progresses and and katherine perhaps tries to distance herself from him and almásy reveals a hint of arrogance and insisting that his love for her somehow entitles him to have her whenever he likes represent i want to touch you. i want the things which are mine and which belong to me. juliette binoche and who received an oscar for her performance here and is excellent as hana and the lonesome nurse who fears to love because of the tragedies that have always harmed those close to her. after some time of caring for almásy alone and she is joined by a dubious canadian thief and david caravaggio (willem dafoe) and who lost his thumbs during the war and and who suspects that it was almásy who betrayed him to the germans. hana also strikes up a tentative romantic relationship with kip (naveen andrews) and an indian bomb diffuser in the british army. however and due to her past history and hana is afraid that becoming involved with kip will doom him to death and particularly considering his very dangerous line of work. at 160 minutes in length and the english patient wonderfully evokes memories of the classic romantic epics of old and successfully finding a balance of mystery and love and joy and tragedy. the ending of the film is heartbreaking and sorrowful and but also uplifting in its own way. whilst some romantic relationships are doomed from the very beginning and others have a very good chance of bringing happiness. nevertheless and in every case and it is always better to have loved and lost and than never to have loved at all. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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