what is your favorite scene in the movie?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Remains of the Day
lvnginthepst — 12 years ago(June 15, 2013 05:48 PM)
My favorite scene is where all the help is sitting around the dinner table eating and Mr. Stevens Senior is telling his story and everyone is watchi him. They look so caught up in his story.
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The_White_Hotel — 12 years ago(August 29, 2013 01:07 PM)
I think the scene in which Hugh Grant's character is trying to ask Stevens what he thinks of the summit meeting between the foreign secretary and the German ambassador is very good. Also the scene where Miss Kenton tells Stevens she is getting married. But the best bit is the bit where Miss Kenton is trying to find out what book Stevens is reading and he won't show her. Emma Thompson is terrific in that scene, but Anthony Hopkins is masterful.
Reality is the new fiction they say, truth is truer these days, truth is man-made -
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SueBee55 — 12 years ago(November 08, 2013 09:39 AM)
When Miss Kenton and Mr Benn leave the pub, the George Inn, the ancient old building in Somerset, in the dark and pouring rain. Really atmospheric - even down to the authentic old road sign on the left of the road!
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Piperson — 12 years ago(January 09, 2014 02:11 PM)
I love the scene when the German ambassador shows up to confer with Lord Darlington and his two assistants "case" the art in the ante-room. They are sizing up his art collection for future reference. Very chilling.
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Piperson — 12 years ago(January 10, 2014 10:24 AM)
Immaculate is a good word and I agree also about Godfather I and II.
Although the love story is kind of sad it doesn't compare to the sadness of what was happening in history.
The two lovely Jewish refugee girls whom Lord Darlington rescues and then tosses out when the nazis disapprove. He brushed up on his german so that he could greet them properly and then abandons them. Emma Thompson knows how wrong it is but doesn't have the strength to combat the forces that are pushing it along.
Later, the butler refers to the dismissal of the girls as being something that he and Miss Kenton agreed was wrong even though he dismissed the girls without a pang of regret since he obeyed Lord Darlington in everything. This is so revealing about human nature! -
a_mbow — 12 years ago(January 30, 2014 03:22 PM)
My favorite scenes are:
Where they are talking at tea in the coastal town, and Miss Kenton tells Stevens
she is expecting a grandchild and wants to stay to be near the babythe look in Anthony Hopkins' eyes! He is truly a master.
Then, of course the good bye scene and how Emma's eyes fill with tears after their hands break apart.
there is a comfort though, in knowing that each character knows the other feels the same, even though they can't be together. -
ObservationBlogger — 11 years ago(February 03, 2015 07:42 PM)
I agree these are my favourite moments in the movie. The acting is faltless.
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tomkaren1994 — 12 years ago(January 31, 2014 05:55 PM)
I like the opening auction scene. Lewis buys the item up for bids, a guy gets up, gives an icy stare to Lewis, then leaves. Then Lewis buys the large painting.
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meadowlark54 — 12 years ago(February 10, 2014 06:03 PM)
There are so many great scenes in this film, it's hard to choose a favorite. The scene where Mr. Stevens attempts to have "the talk" with Lord Darlington's godson is certainly amusing. I also like the scene where Ms. Kenton insists that Mr. Stevens avoids hiring pretty girls because they might distract him from his work. I like that scene because it is lighthearted and shows how their relationship has developed into a very good friendship and is not just a working relationship. There are so many great scenes, this film is a masterpiece.
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Drooch — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 10:53 PM)
The scene which makes sense of the title, and which contains the moment the entire film has been building towards - where Stevens encounters another ageing butler on the pier and breaks down as he realises his entire life has been wasted on the concerns of others, totally neglecting his own needs, and realising that he must now do the best he can with The Remains Of The Day.
The scene was shot on Hopkins' insistence, after the new screenwriter omitted it from the shooting draft, but James Ivory betrayed him by cutting it from the edit. It can be found on the Blu-ray/DVD deleted scenes. -
zowarius — 11 years ago(December 30, 2014 06:33 PM)
When you described that scene, at first I thought I missed it somehow, but I see you pointed that it was deleted. So I Found it on youtube, and it's a great scene indeed, thanks for mentioning it.
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Drooch — 11 years ago(December 31, 2014 02:54 AM)
Ah yes, thanks for sharing. Hopkins' acting is amazing - Stevens finally uncorks and gains the illumination that the whole story is about. Tragic and silly that the new screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala took the scene out, and that Ivory cut it after promising Hopkins they'd include it.
It's testament to the rest of the film that it stays good without this pivotal scene, but there's a nagging feeling that Remains could have been one of cinema's great triumphs if the filmmakers hadn't sabotaged their own project.