Last week, around 30,000 people downloaded books from my site 8 people gave donations. A main character, dorian gray, leads a hedonistic life, believing that a life serving senses and beauty is the most ideal one. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazines editor deleted roughly five hundred words before publication without wildes knowledge. Once the painting is complete, dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to. One movie is very close to the book while the other two kill dorian in different ways. The adaptation is directed by oliver parker, written by toby finlay his first screenplay, and stars ben barnes as dorian gray and colin firth as lord henry wotton. These books can take me from 2 to 10 hours to create. While wildes wit remains firmly entrenched, theres also a gruesome vein of gothic horror, and. The core of the story is that dorian has a painting that reflects the results of his hedonistic lifestyle rather than his own body. Adaptations of the picture of dorian gray wikipedia. Fearing the story was indecent, the magazines editor deleted roughly five hundred. Which brings us to the production of the picture of dorian gray.
Starring colin firth and ben barnes, this newest adaptation of oscar. The picture of dorian gray has been produced as an audiobook many times, with narrators including hurd hatfield who starred as dorian in the 1945 film, martin shaw, edward petherbridge, simon callow, simon prebble, simon vance, stephen fry, rupert graves, michael sheen, steven crossley, greg wise and michael page. This is not always fair to paint, one of whose jobs is to dry. Dorian gray was born on february 2, 1928 in bolzano, trentinoalto adige, italy as maria luisa mangini. Librivox recording of the picture of dorian gray, by oscar wilde. I wont say its the best adaptation, especially because it takes some liberties with the novel and im a stickler for accuracy. Dorian gray is an extremely handsome man with perfectly chiseled features. At the end of the day, it is a different movie with a diferent narrative that can please some preverse minds.
Young dorian arrives fresh on the london social scene and is taken under the wing of lord henry wotton who introduces him to. The secret of dorian gray does tend to get a little hokey at times. If only the film had shown redemption, instead of reveling in the sins of its protagonist, the film might have captured wildes soul on a picture of its own. Overview of dorian gray, 2010, directed by oliver parker, with ben barnes, colin firth, rebecca hall, at turner classic movies. Desperate to preserve the beauty captured in his exquisite portrait, dorian trades his soul for eternal youth leading him down a path of wickedness and murder in order to protect. The famous quotes from the picture of dorian gray a. Dorian is the object of the adoration of a painter, who is another of the other main characters in the story. The dorian gray in the movie seems unintelligent and apathetic, his emotions are plastic and fake. It is dark and gritty and a very good movie to watch. Editions of the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde. Nevertheless, this version of dorian gray seemed to completely omit any element of redemption, even altering the storyline somewhat. When dorian gray arrives in london he immediately falls under the influence of lord henry wotton, leading to a life of increasing debauchery. His words are often the foreshadowing of the future events.
Although it is not surprising that the movie has twisted the story as it has been done countless times before, the fact that some of the most significant concepts of the original story have been altered bothered me, such as displaying the portrait. Seduced into the decadent world of lord henry wotton colin firth, handsome young aristocrat dorian gray ben barnes. Dorian gray full movie based on the novel by oscar wilde. Upon arriving in london, dorian gray ben barnes, immediately befriends lord henry wotton colin firth, a corrupt and calculating aristocrat, who draws him into a world of debauchery and decadence. Considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated art for arts sake and was once imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices.
The picture of dorian gray is a gothic and philosophical novel by oscar wilde, first published complete in the july 1890 issue of lippincotts monthly magazine. The young dorian gray befriends an artist, basil hallward, who quickly becomes obsessed and insists on painting a master portrait to truly. One example is a 43 year old character being as gray and balding as a 70 year old. She died on february 16, 2011 in torcegno, trentinoalto adige. Forever cursed a vain london playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author oscar wilde. Dorian gray is a story of one mans descent into the bowels of greed and world decadence. The picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde 2010 0810 on. There are times when people say that a show was so dull that the event was like watching paint dry. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook, or read online pages pdf. Young dorian arrives fresh on the london social scene and is taken under the wing of lord henry wotton who introduces him to the seedy pleasures of. It tells the story of the title character, an attractive englishman whose image is captured in an enchanted.
One such example of that bizarre twisting of wildes work is ansel farajs 2010 film three shadows, which stars kevin shayer as gray, nosferatu, and. A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. They are the picture of dorian gray 1973 tv movie, dorian gray, and the league of extraordinary gentlemen. Dorian gray is a 2009 british fantasyhorror drama film based on oscar wildes 1890 novel the picture of dorian gray. Dorian gray full movie based on the novel by oscar. The picture of dorian gray 2009stream and watch online. Dorian gray arrives in london and is quickly drawn into a world of debauchery. Movies like dorian gray if you like dorian gray you are looking for gothic, atmospheric and stylized movies about with deal with the devil, physical appearance, aristocracy, society, male nudity, high society and painting themes of drama, fantasy and thriller genre shot in uk. Dorian grays relationship with alan campbell, for example. The picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde 2010 0810.
When dorian sees how incredible he looks in a newly painted picture of himself, he swears to do whatever it. Dorian gray is a character in the 1890 serial by oscar wilde titled the picture of dorian gray. The picture of dorian gray oscar wilde wilde, oscar 18541900 an irishborn english poet, novelist, and playwright. Posing for a portrait, dorian gray hurd hatfield talks with lord henry wotton george sanders, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings. Released february 2nd, 2009, the picture of dorian gray stars george sanders, hurd hatfield, angela lansbury, donna reed the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a. The young dorian gray befriends an artist, basil hallward, who quickly becomes obsessed and insists on painting a master portrait to truly capture the image of his beauty. Dorian gray has a dark and gory story, that was absolutely will portrayed in this movie, with the help of ben barnes, that wasnt as bad as they wanted to make he seem on his role, and colin firth. Bewitched by an exquisite portrait, he trades his soul for eternal youth leading him down a path of horror, wickedness and murder in order to hide his terrifying secret. The picture strikes me as being as much a metaphor for conscience as for sin. As regards sin and redemption, i think the metaphors are very complex. Dorian soon trades his soul for eternal youth and as his lust for pleasure grows, he resorts to murder to protect his secret. However, its atmosphere was what made it work for me. Desperate to preserve the beauty captured in his exquisite portrait, dorian trades his soul for eternal youth leading him down a path of wickedness and murder in order to protect his horrifying. The picture of dorian gray, free pdf, ebook global grey.
Picture of dorian gray movie clip opening, lord henry. Roughly, this novel can be deemed as a transgressional fiction. At the end of the picture of dorian gray, henry burns both. I attended the world premiere of dorian gray at the 2009 toronto international film festival. I understand the aging process has to be overdone to get the full impact of dorians youth, but when you just increase the amount of baby powder used to make the actors hair look grayer, it. Starring colin firth, ben barnes and rachel hurdwood. Lots of the quotes of chapter 1 belong to the author of the picture, the artist named basil hallward. The picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde 20100810. With ben barnes, colin firth, rebecca hall, john hollingworth. His interpretation, for which he uses a screenplay by toby finlay, is simply called dorian gray, and it brings a modern sense of the lurid to a classic story. Dorian gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800s london, meets lord henry wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend basil hallward. The picture of dorian gray trailer turner classic movies. Get an answer for at the end of the picture of dorian gray, henry burns both dorian and the painting, but later on he sees the painting of dorian in his home. Oscar wilde deftly explores how we define morality and conscience and what shape we give to our soul.