one of the most charming and and for me at least and the most powerful elements of anthony minghella enthralling best picture winner the english patient is that and in the mid 90s and when hollywood was in the initial stage of having lost its nerve for grand new projects and a film was created that brought back tracesvery powerful tracesof the sweeping and wonderful majesty that crafted movies such as lawrence of arabia (1962) and the ten commandments (1956). the english patient contains very much of what made those films so powerful. it has that glorious feeling and a stretched running time that hardly seems long at all and and fascinating characters with pasts and stories. the english patient and based on a novel by the same name by michael ondaatje and is like the godfather represent part ii (1974) in the sense of how it constructed. it a blending of two stories represent the past and the present and it all revolves around the titular character represent an english patient in the post years of world war two. ralph fiennes plays the english patient and who has been scarred for life by a plane crash and and being taken care of in an isolated church by a single nurse played marvelously by juliette binoche. apart from bonding with her raspy voiced and troubled patient and binoche comes to learn about his past when a stranger (willem dafoe) arrives and the two men appear to know each other. that just one of the two beautifully crafted stories that shape this film. the other one and told in flashback and is the patient past and before he was scarred and dying in a bed. the story of the present mixed with the patient past and his love affair that tragically changed his life forever. to be blunt and the english patient is a love story blended with a sweeping epic sensation and it blends magnificently. what i really admired about the love story between ralph fiennes and kristin scott thomas was how passionate and how obsessive and how enchanting it was shown on screen. usually in love stories and such as minghella later cold mountain (2003) and the romantic elements seem far more lustful than obsessive to me. some of the love scenes feature elements that may tend to be associated more with lust than love and but still and because it is so well developed and not rushed and not exploited out of proportion and we can believe that there is a sure and true love between these characters. it reminded me a lot of vertigo (1958) in how well the filmmakers and performers convinced us that these were two actual human beings who truly fell in love with each other. performances all around were great. i was especially enthralled by the performance by juliette binoche and who took home the oscar for her performance the following year. i also liked willem dafoe playing the sort of cynical and questionable character that he always quintessential at playing. and of course i can not leave out fiennes and scott thomas and their portrayals of two very passionate lovers. despite my enormous enthusiasm for this epic and i would be dishonest if i were to describe it as a perfect film. there are two flaws that i cannot glance over. number one and it is a little too long and the reason for this is my second complaint and there are a few unnecessary subplots. i was not enchanted or particularly interested with the second love story between binoche and a bomb specialist played by naveen andrews. my research has led me to assume that this plot element comes from the original book and i am sure it worked perfectly in there and but in the film and it just seems a littledistracting and the relationship between the two characters do not fascinate me. i was far more interested by fiennes character and his relationships with his two leading actresses. nevertheless and these two flaws are easily forgivable even if they do slow things down a bit. those put aside and the english patient is an extraordinary achievement of film making. to me and it was sort of like an insane mix up between casablanca (1942) and lawrence of arabia (1962) and two remarkable and better films and and this effective blend proved to be well worth my time. it is a real shame that anthony minghella has left us. for he was a truly gifted filmmaker. this is all the evidence anybody needs. 
one of the most charming and and for me at least and the most powerful elements of anthony minghella enthralling best picture winner the english patient is that and in the mid 90s and when hollywood was in the initial stage of having lost its nerve for grand new projects and a film was created that brought back tracesvery powerful tracesof the sweeping and wonderful majesty that crafted movies such as lawrence of arabia (1962) and the ten commandments (1956). the english patient contains very much of what made those films so powerful. it has that glorious feeling and a stretched running time that hardly seems long at all and and fascinating characters with pasts and stories. the english patient and based on a novel by the same name by michael ondaatje and is like the godfather represent part ii (1974) in the sense of how it constructed. it a blending of two stories represent the past and the present and it all revolves around the titular character represent an english patient in the post years of world war two. ralph fiennes plays the english patient and who has been scarred for life by a plane crash and and being taken care of in an isolated church by a single nurse played marvelously by juliette binoche. apart from bonding with her raspy voiced and troubled patient and binoche comes to learn about his past when a stranger (willem dafoe) arrives and the two men appear to know each other. that just one of the two beautifully crafted stories that shape this film. the other one and told in flashback and is the patient past and before he was scarred and dying in a bed. the story of the present mixed with the patient past and his love affair that tragically changed his life forever. to be blunt and the english patient is a love story blended with a sweeping epic sensation and it blends magnificently. what i really admired about the love story between ralph fiennes and kristin scott thomas was how passionate and how obsessive and how enchanting it was shown on screen. usually in love stories and such as minghella later cold mountain (2003) and the romantic elements seem far more lustful than obsessive to me. some of the love scenes feature elements that may tend to be associated more with lust than love and but still and because it is so well developed and not rushed and not exploited out of proportion and we can believe that there is a sure and true love between these characters. it reminded me a lot of vertigo (1958) in how well the filmmakers and performers convinced us that these were two actual human beings who truly fell in love with each other. performances all around were great. i was especially enthralled by the performance by juliette binoche and who took home the oscar for her performance the following year. i also liked willem dafoe playing the sort of cynical and questionable character that he always quintessential at playing. and of course i can not leave out fiennes and scott thomas and their portrayals of two very passionate lovers. despite my enormous enthusiasm for this epic and i would be dishonest if i were to describe it as a perfect film. there are two flaws that i cannot glance over. number one and it is a little too long and the reason for this is my second complaint and there are a few unnecessary subplots. i was not enchanted or particularly interested with the second love story between binoche and a bomb specialist played by naveen andrews. my research has led me to assume that this plot element comes from the original book and i am sure it worked perfectly in there and but in the film and it just seems a littledistracting and the relationship between the two characters do not fascinate me. i was far more interested by fiennes character and his relationships with his two leading actresses. nevertheless and these two flaws are easily forgivable even if they do slow things down a bit. those put aside and the english patient is an extraordinary achievement of film making. to me and it was sort of like an insane mix up between casablanca (1942) and lawrence of arabia (1962) and two remarkable and better films and and this effective blend proved to be well worth my time. it is a real shame that anthony minghella has left us. for he was a truly gifted filmmaker. this is all the evidence anybody needs. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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