![]() ![]() ![]() Terence Stamp's repulsive Troy is a triumph of casting and Alan Bates is wonderful as the simpliest of her suitors. Julie Christie is beautiful and I found her Bathsheba the precise mixture of headstrong independence and vulnerability. The use of English folk songs to comment on the proceedings is ingenious, sometimes impressively reflective of the situations, and at points extremely unsettling. Secondly, the remarkable soundtrack by Richard Rodney Bennett lends the movie a good deal of its emotiveness. The photography is gorgeous, actually looking more realistic than idyllic, beautiful but sometimes cold and forboding, brooding over the tragic proceedings. It also contains two absolutely perfect moments. I think it's a masterpiece, and despite Hardy being one of my favourite authors, I think this is actually better than the novel. I have never read a good word about this film in any movie guide, which frankly baffles me. ![]()
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