The former, after all, have had little cause to find the present campaign of interest: Although George W. I thoroughly recommend this TV film, and also suggest you compare with `La Reine Margot' (qv) with Isabelle Adjani, Virna Lisi and Asia Argento (to put the ladies first) and Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez and Claudio Amendola (The Mission, Nostromo).Al Gore's recent announcement on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that his favorite novel is Stendhal's 1830 classic "The Red and the Black" comes as a gratifying vindication for aficionados of high literature and for amoral sociopaths everywhere. However, having said that, by no means does he upset anything or anybody in the development of a very complicated story. Personally I might have chosen another actor instead of Ewan McGregor for the part of Julien Sorel, but perhaps this opinion is merely tainted by other viewings of this young Scotsman, for example in `Trainspotting'. Excellent story-line is well backed up by an extraordinary cast which was evidently inspired for this production. Among TV productions, perhaps only `Queen' (qv) comes anywhere near rivalling this magnificent BBC period piece drama I do not add `romantic' as that is too trite. The sets, costumes are perfect, sumptuous. With just about the best cinematography imaginable, this adaptation of Stendhal's wonderful novel `Rouge et Negre' almost beggars belief. And much credit, of course, must go to Ben Bolt.
However in `Scarlet and Black' the BBC has once again shown it can make some of the best TV material to be found anywhere in the world.
In the last decade or so I have begun to think that the BBC has lost its finer edge in making its own productions.
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