A Handful of Dust

 

A Handful of Dust 1988

• Director: Charles Sturridge
• Seen by this director: CB Strike, Shackleton, Longitude
• Based on novel by Evelyn Waugh
• Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Anjelica Huston, Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, Beatie Edney, Stephen Fry
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
• Kristin Scott Thomas – many including Richard III
• James Wilby – De-Lovely, Gosford Park, Crocodile Shoes, Howards End, A Room with a View
• Rupert Graves - many
• Anjelica Huston – many
• Judi Dench – many including Shakespeare in Love, Henry V, Hamlet, Macbeth
• Pip Torrens – The Crown and many others
• Stephen Fry - many
• Why? The cast
• Seen: Once before (maybe). Now 24 July 2024 

I recently started reading the novel by Evelyn Waugh, which had been lying about my bookshelves for years, but the listless life of the British upper classes in the 1920s is boring and irritating, even though the book is meant to be a satire. I couldn’t care less. DNF.

Let’s see if this splendid cast can bring life to these parasites.

Well, the acting is fine but the film is as pointless as the book. I did watch to the end, though. 

2 * of 5