No. My sources were all text and, though the credibility of pretty much anything said about Robespierre is suspect, I tried to find the ones that were mentioned in at least two sources (preferably by both friends and enemies). For example, the facial grimacing was mentioned by several people, among them Mme Roland (before the political tide turned Robespierre against her and her husband) and one of his teachers from LLG. I don't remember precisely who said it, but the same person who mentioned the head/shoulder movement, dislike of touching, fist clenching, and disliking looking others in the face (that last one was actually in several sources which I don't feel like back-checking my internet history to find), was someone else involved in the higher-levels of government: I found it used in at least two books, (One of them was Scurr's Fatal Purity. The title of the other escapes me, but the cover for it was that picture of Robespierre sans-wig leaning on a table) so I assumed the source was partially accurate since the description wasn't too outlandish.
I wasn't particularly fond of 'Danton'... Especially the bit where they have Robespierre posing in a blue toga for some portrait to show imaginary dictatorial ambitions and a god-complex, which as far as I know has no historical accuracy. Also, the portrayals of Eleanor (terrible!) and Saint-Just (he seemed a bit too, idk.. unstable) annoyed me.
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Date: 2010-01-04 06:53 pm (UTC)I wasn't particularly fond of 'Danton'... Especially the bit where they have Robespierre posing in a blue toga for some portrait to show imaginary dictatorial ambitions and a god-complex, which as far as I know has no historical accuracy. Also, the portrayals of Eleanor (terrible!) and Saint-Just (he seemed a bit too, idk.. unstable) annoyed me.