#The English Patient

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period drama + bath scenes

Asterix Obelix Mission Cleopatra (2002)

The English Patient (1996)

David Copperfield (1999)

Marrowbone (2017)

Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)

Stardust (2007)

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Dangerous Beauty (1998)

Peter Pan (2003)

Crimson Peak (2015)

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Ralph Fiennes The English Patient

as requested by @bingu-lou

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Ralph Fiennes as Count László de Almássy THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996) dir. Anthony Minghella

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"We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on my body when I am dead. I believe in such cartography - to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience. All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps."

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

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The English patient, 1996

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Colin Firth, 2015

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Ralph filming "The English Patient" by Helmut Newton

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I read The English Patient earlier this year after reading a journal that analyzed the character of Almásy and related him to the schizoid personality.

The book is a fascinating look at the post-war atmosphere in Italy with Almásy's relationship with the woman he was having an affair with—something dramatic and painful and the obsession of which came to lead to his own decay.

The paper I read is titled "Diagnosing The English Patient: Schizoid Fantasies of Being Skinless and of being Buried Alive". It was published in 2001. I agree with what most of the journal says regarding the schizoid personality and I think the analysis of the story is interesting. There are some references to Freud which I don't particularly appreciate, and I feel that too many people link the schizoid personality to autism. There's no denying there's similarities, but there's similarities with every mental condition because they impair functioning in similar ways. The lived experience of autism vs schizoid pd become far too different the further you look into both, regardless of a supposed genetic link.

The paper is a recommended read regardless of these nitpicks. It's thought provoking and provides a new perspective to literary analysis from a professional psychological angle.

I also particularly enjoyed The English Patient itself.

Here are a couple of excerpts I like.

Here is the abstract from the journal.

[nellarw95]

Happy Birthday Ralph 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes

December 22,1962

Buon Compleanno 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

22 Dicembre 1962

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[dontcxckitup]

Ralph Fiennes The English Patient

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نموت، نموت وقد أثرانا أحباء وأهل، نكهات ابتلعناها وأجساد سبحنا فيها كأنهار، مخاوف اختبئنا داخلها، كهذا الكهف الملعون، أود أن يُرسَم كل هذا على جسدي. نحن الأوطان الحقيقية، لا قطع الأرض المرسومة على خرائط تحمل فوقها أسماء رجال أقوياء. أعلم أنك ستحملني خارج قصر الرياح، وهذا كل ما أردت، أن أسير في مكان كهذا معك، مع أصدقاءنا، فوق أرض بلا خرائط.

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the invisible man, james whale 1933

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The English patient, 1996