I agree on how marxist the film is in the interpretation of the fall of the robespierristes as inevitable. I like the subtlety of incorporation of such a strong ideological proposal (it becomes unsubtle only in the Saint-Just's speach on the workers from the faubourgs). Agree or not with such ideological position, you still don't feel being forced (or intellectually raped :-) like with Schama. As for Saint-Just, my opinion is somewhat more critical, I will take my time to think and then try to write something intelligent on that subject. For the moment, I must admit that your interpretation at least pays attention to the way his self-representation could be percieved by his contemporaries, something Mantel fails to do. She indirectly admits the limits of her "troubled teenager" interpretation when she says she is puzzled by the fact that Saint-Just did not seem ridiculous or childish to the people of his time. Any historical interpretation should focus in explaining that instead of devoting time to silly psychoanalysis. p.s. Sweet was not the right word, "too kind" would have been better.
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Date: 2009-07-17 09:30 pm (UTC)As for Saint-Just, my opinion is somewhat more critical, I will take my time to think and then try to write something intelligent on that subject. For the moment, I must admit that your interpretation at least pays attention to the way his self-representation could be percieved by his contemporaries, something Mantel fails to do. She indirectly admits the limits of her "troubled teenager" interpretation when she says she is puzzled by the fact that Saint-Just did not seem ridiculous or childish to the people of his time. Any historical interpretation should focus in explaining that instead of devoting time to silly psychoanalysis.
p.s. Sweet was not the right word, "too kind" would have been better.