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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 354350" data-attributes="member: 23">Yesterday I had a double-bill of biopics about female British leaders (both of whom were alive at the time of their respective film&#039;s release but have since died).First up was:The Queen (2006)

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It was only midway through the film that it dawned on me that I&#039;d probably watched it before. As I watched, a memory popped into my head of The Duke Of Edinburgh calling the Queen &quot;cabbage&quot; as they said goodnight, and then a while later it happened. If I have watched before (as seems likely), then I remembered nothing else about it, about which I feel very grateful, because I thoroughly enjoyed it and found myself impressed with the film&#039;s writing and the performances (even if I always struggle to see Michael Sheen as anything other than Kenneth Williams, he was a great Blair).

In particular, I was impressed with the film&#039;s stillness, and the fact that it paid tribute to the Queen without becoming an exercise in sycophancy. Some scenes cast both she and her family in a less than flattering light. Just how unflattering possibly depending upon how much one buys into the image of Diana as a naïve, doe-eyed victim of the Establishment, and even in depicting the national hysteria of the public&#039;s response to her death the film includes some welcome balance.

There&#039;s an awful lot about the film that felt extremely current: discussions of funeral protocols; the film taking place at a time when the family&#039;s reputation was tarnished in part by their response to a media-friendly in-law who had fallen out with the family; and even the Queen Mother&#039;s comment that the monarchy&#039;s place would be scrutinised and challenged more in the wake of the Queen&#039;s death. All added subtext to a 2023 screening.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 354350, member: 23"] Yesterday I had a double-bill of biopics about female British leaders (both of whom were alive at the time of their respective film's release but have since died). First up was: [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Queen [/SIZE][/B](2006) [IMG width="476px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moviemeter.nl%2Fimages%2Fcover%2F34000%2F34236.jpg%3Fcb%3D1486247422&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=f13fe24b7f27df9cb13c7425f13725b206ced31fa279480d7ae9005943a67d81&ipo=images[/IMG] It was only midway through the film that it dawned on me that I'd probably watched it before. As I watched, a memory popped into my head of The Duke Of Edinburgh calling the Queen "cabbage" as they said goodnight, and then a while later it happened. If I have watched before (as seems likely), then I remembered nothing else about it, about which I feel very grateful, because I thoroughly enjoyed it and found myself impressed with the film's writing and the performances (even if I always struggle to see Michael Sheen as anything other than Kenneth Williams, he was a great Blair). In particular, I was impressed with the film's stillness, and the fact that it paid tribute to the Queen without becoming an exercise in sycophancy. Some scenes cast both she and her family in a less than flattering light. Just how unflattering possibly depending upon how much one buys into the image of Diana as a naïve, doe-eyed victim of the Establishment, and even in depicting the national hysteria of the public's response to her death the film includes some welcome balance. There's an awful lot about the film that felt extremely current: discussions of funeral protocols; the film taking place at a time when the family's reputation was tarnished in part by their response to a media-friendly in-law who had fallen out with the family; and even the Queen Mother's comment that the monarchy's place would be scrutinised and challenged more in the wake of the Queen's death. All added subtext to a 2023 screening.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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