Saturday, December 09, 2006

"Wilde"

I am watching the excellent film Wilde, about Oscar Wilde.
I am struck once again by how seemingly all strikingly brilliant men seem to also have areas of life where they are profoundly flawed or out of control.
I am sure it is not so because of their brilliance, but despite it. (In other words it is just more noticeable than it is in the ordinary person.) But it is just remarkable to me that there are always such stark contrasts in one person.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's a great portraial of Wilde also on the UK TV series "Lillie" (1978), now available on DVD. Highly recommended.

Anonymous said...

I just love Wilde documentaries! ;-)