In the start of a new series in which writers revisit their childhood movie passion – in this case a creaky costume drama about Henry VIII starring a hungover Richard Burton
As a rather prim and unusual child, one of my favourite films when I was 12 or so was Anne of the Thousand Days, a long-forgotten and slightly dreary costume drama about Henry VIII’s relationship with Anne Boleyn. It was one of about nine videos that my parents owned: my sister was obsessed with it, and would mimic the film’s strident, declarative dialogue around the house. (“My. Elizabeth. Shall. Be. Queen!”)
Twenty-seven years have elapsed between my 12th birthday and the start of this year. How would the film bear up? Going in, I already cannot think what appeal it could have had back then. Most of the movie centres on Anne Boleyn’s famous blueballing of the monarch...
As a rather prim and unusual child, one of my favourite films when I was 12 or so was Anne of the Thousand Days, a long-forgotten and slightly dreary costume drama about Henry VIII’s relationship with Anne Boleyn. It was one of about nine videos that my parents owned: my sister was obsessed with it, and would mimic the film’s strident, declarative dialogue around the house. (“My. Elizabeth. Shall. Be. Queen!”)
Twenty-seven years have elapsed between my 12th birthday and the start of this year. How would the film bear up? Going in, I already cannot think what appeal it could have had back then. Most of the movie centres on Anne Boleyn’s famous blueballing of the monarch...
- 3/24/2020
- by Caspar Salmon
- The Guardian - Film News
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