I think I'd argue that the IMDb is replicating everything EXCEPT the irony. *g*
And it's certainly not their fault. It's just amusing.
Gosford Park seems to view the privileged upper classes as a tremendously destructive force, in that sort of Fall of Rome way where they're bringing everyone else down along with them.
It was interesting that the only child character in the movie was Isobel, herself already old enough--as graphically demonstrated--to be counted a woman, and there are no mentions of children. The upper class isn't propagating itself, another sign of its decripitude. The servants are much more concerned with children (as the entire plot proves), witness Bertha saying, "I'd never give up my baby." They may transmit their vitality to the next generation; clearly the three sisters around whom the upstairs half of the movie revolves will not.
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:57 am (UTC)And it's certainly not their fault. It's just amusing.
Gosford Park seems to view the privileged upper classes as a tremendously destructive force, in that sort of Fall of Rome way where they're bringing everyone else down along with them.
It was interesting that the only child character in the movie was Isobel, herself already old enough--as graphically demonstrated--to be counted a woman, and there are no mentions of children. The upper class isn't propagating itself, another sign of its decripitude. The servants are much more concerned with children (as the entire plot proves), witness Bertha saying, "I'd never give up my baby." They may transmit their vitality to the next generation; clearly the three sisters around whom the upstairs half of the movie revolves will not.