The right to die in dignity ,which concerns us all , is still illegal in many a country.....
"The bramble bush" is an important film,weren't it only for its burning topic .
In 1981,in "whose life is it anyway? " ,Richard Dreyfuss ,paralysed after a car crash ,would ask for the right to die :as he was in a hospital ,it was not easy .
In Europa, recently ,some movies about assisted suicide were made in France ("quelques heures de Printemps" )and in Germany (und Morgen Mittag ,bin ich tot" ) but as it is illegal in both countries, death takes place in Switzerland .
It was all the more daring, risqué ,in the early sixties ; too bad it was given too melodramatic a treatment: nurse Angie Dickinson's affair with the go-getter lawyer with big ambitions in politics does not bring anything to the main plot ;and that the human doctor should be defended by such a cynical lawyer is not convincing.
But Burton ,as a tormented soul, wins the audience over ;when he depicts his childhood trauma , his talent does not need , like in too many works, the facile flashback :his words are enough ,such was the actor ; more than Barbara Rush's child , it's his merciful killing which infuriated and scandalized some people; if I were terminally-ill and suffering like Tom Drake,( "do it,but don't tell me when you're going to " ), I would be grateful to find a compassionate hand .
"The bramble bush" is an important film,weren't it only for its burning topic .
In 1981,in "whose life is it anyway? " ,Richard Dreyfuss ,paralysed after a car crash ,would ask for the right to die :as he was in a hospital ,it was not easy .
In Europa, recently ,some movies about assisted suicide were made in France ("quelques heures de Printemps" )and in Germany (und Morgen Mittag ,bin ich tot" ) but as it is illegal in both countries, death takes place in Switzerland .
It was all the more daring, risqué ,in the early sixties ; too bad it was given too melodramatic a treatment: nurse Angie Dickinson's affair with the go-getter lawyer with big ambitions in politics does not bring anything to the main plot ;and that the human doctor should be defended by such a cynical lawyer is not convincing.
But Burton ,as a tormented soul, wins the audience over ;when he depicts his childhood trauma , his talent does not need , like in too many works, the facile flashback :his words are enough ,such was the actor ; more than Barbara Rush's child , it's his merciful killing which infuriated and scandalized some people; if I were terminally-ill and suffering like Tom Drake,( "do it,but don't tell me when you're going to " ), I would be grateful to find a compassionate hand .