tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post116802010660193458..comments2024-01-26T00:54:19.338+08:00Comments on Lessons From the School of Inattention: The Queen (2006)Oggs Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-63126666823900199692007-01-13T13:37:00.000+08:002007-01-13T13:37:00.000+08:00Helen Mirren's performance was a feat in itself. I...Helen Mirren's performance was a feat in itself. I loved the film. Loved it so it's hard to express in words how I feel about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-1168094004695858052007-01-06T22:33:00.000+08:002007-01-06T22:33:00.000+08:00Thanks for the information, redtown...True, the fi...Thanks for the information, redtown...<BR/><BR/>True, the film's coverage regarding Diana is quite one-sided, but I thought treating the Diana tragedy as a rallying point, an impetus for probable change in an establishment that relies on tradition for its continuation, was a necessary tool for Frears lest he delves into ambivalence and debates within his film. And of course, Frears, despite the numerous news footages and historical points, knows that this isn't reality he's dealing with, but an alternate universe retelling of the Diana episode, if you will... something like Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-1168084800444589562007-01-06T20:00:00.000+08:002007-01-06T20:00:00.000+08:00In reality, the Queen's reactions to Diana's death...In reality, the Queen's reactions to Diana's death surely covered a range of ambivalent feelings, and was not just a cold insistence on tradition and protocol, as suggested by the film. <BR/><BR/>Prince Charles tells his mother, "The Diana we knew was very different than the Diana idolized by the public", but this truth is never developed in the film. I'll mention it here. <BR/><BR/>While the "people's princess" remains the icon of superficial popular culture, the Royals knew a very different, darker character behind the facades of glamour and pseudo-compassion. <BR/><BR/>Both Diana and her brother, Charles Spencer, suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder caused by their mother's abandoning them as young children. A google search reveals that Diana is considered a case study in BPD by mental health professionals. <BR/><BR/>For Charles Spencer, BPD meant insatiable sexual promiscuity (his wife was divorcing him at the time of Diana's death). For Diana, BPD meant intense insecurity and insatiable need for attention and affection which even the best husband could never fulfill. <BR/><BR/>Clinically, it's clear that the Royal family did not cause her "problems". Rather, Diana brought her multiple issues into the marriage, and the Royal family was hapless to deal with them. <BR/><BR/>Her illness, untreated, sowed the seeds of her fast and unstable lifestyle, and sadly, her tragic fate. <BR/><BR/>In reality, things are not always as the tabloids or movies would have us believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com