{"id":1244,"date":"2017-09-06T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/09\/the-remains-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2018-06-30T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T14:08:28","slug":"the-remains-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/09\/the-remains-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Remains of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

1993, UK-USA, 134 min.<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Stevens\u2019 (Anthony Hopkins) stoic devotion makes him an exemplary butler. That trait wobbles with the arrival of young, new housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), whose affection for the middle-aged Stevens grows over the years. Director James Ivory\u2019s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s novel is unsparing in its lack of romanticism\u2014the scenery is all rigid formality; the camerawork, all shadows\u2014making the pair\u2019s evolving relationship deceptively taboo. Stevens is so driven to follow his code of conduct that he sees Kenton as a threat, instead of a possible salvation from his self-imposed stifling. The film reveals that a lifetime of following orders has an unsettling impact. Stevens\u2019 quiet grace may be an asset at dowdy, Nazi-sympathizing Darlington Hall, but it isolates him from the outside world\u2014and his own happiness. Ivory doesn\u2019t announce all of that, but discerning viewers will recognize the very real benefits of listening to our emotions at any age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Stevens\u2019 (Anthony Hopkins) stoic devotion makes him an exemplary butler. That trait wobbles with the arrival of young, new housekeeper Miss Kenton (Emma Thompson), whose affection for the middle-aged Stevens grows over the years.<\/p>\n

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