Becket - HD Ready:720p (Super Quality), DVD (Good Quality), iPod/iPhone Version
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IMDB rating: 8.10 Plot: As the story opens, King Henry II, who ruled England from 1154 to 1189 has entered Canterbury Cathedral to do penance at the tomb of his former friend, Thomas Becket. Bare to the waist, the king kneels to receive a flogging from Saxon monks. He begins to reminisce, recalling at first the carefree, promiscuous adventures with Becket, then his favorite drinking and wenching companion. A violently emotional drama that probes the changing relationship between two young men - between two close friends bound together by similar pride of flesh and spirit who become deadly enemies as they pursue their separate destinies . . . that of king . . . and saint. |
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Actors: Burton Richard,O’Toole Peter,Gielgud John,Cervi Gino,Stoppa Paolo,Wolfit Donald,Weston David,Aylmer Felix,Herbert Percy,Jackson Inigo,MacGinnis Niall,Rhodes Christopher,Biography,Drama,History,
How is pastiche used in this extract?
Boy:
What am i to tell Mr.Godot, sit?
Vladimir:
Tell him…(he hesitates)…tell him you saw ys.(pause.) You dod see us, didn’t you?
Boy:
Yes sir.
He steps back, hesitates, turns and exit running. THe light suddenly fails. In a momment it is night. The moon rises at back, mounts in the sky, stands still, shedding a pale light on the scene.
This is an extract from ‘Waiting for Got’ by Samuel Becket
I believe that pastiche (which comes from an Italian word meaning hodgepodge) is used here in a linguistic sense to refer to the mixing of languages in the quote.
Tralee | Nov 20, 2009
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