Priest of Love

1981
R
2h 5min

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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaFollowing the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they r... Leer todoFollowing the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence wrote "Lady Chatterley's ... Leer todoFollowing the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence wrote "Lady Chatterley's Lover".

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Trivia
This movie, from conception to release, took about 10 years to achieve fruition.

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Herbert G. Muskett: [looking at a copy of Lawrence's book "Kangaroo"] It does not appear to be obscene in absolutely legal terms. Anti-British to the point of insanity.
Clerk to Herbert G. Muskett: Apparently, Mr. Lawrence is going to America.
Herbert G. Muskett: We must inform the authorities.
Clerk to Herbert G. Muskett: It's been attended to, Mr Muskett.
[reaching for the book]
Clerk to Herbert G. Muskett: Shall I take this?
Herbert G. Muskett: Leave it. I shall read it again. To make absolutely sure
[recommences intense study of the book]

Versiones alternativas
An abridged 99 minute "Centenary version" was released in 1985 in the UK to better box office and critical acclaim to commemorate the birth of D.H.Lawrence. As well as inevitable cutting of some material the shortened version also rearranges the placement of some of the flashback sequence and ends with Lawrence's death excluding the New Mexico epilogue. The short version is a properly re-prepared effort however with the appearance order end-credits redone to reflect the new positions in which characters first appear. Copies of the 1981 version, which was first released in the UK during the 1982 Falklands War when theatre going plummeted, now no longer exist.

Conexiones
Featured in Sneak Previews: Halloween II, Priest of Love, Chanel Solitaire, The Watcher in the Woods (1981)

Bandas sonoras
The Way We Get It Together
music by Francis James Brown and Stanley Joseph Seeger (as Joseph James)
Lyrics by Christopher Cone
Played by The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

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4/10

Dull...dreadfully dull.

"Priest of Love" is a biopic about author D. H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda. It follows them from World War I to his death in 1930.

"Priest of Love" is a rather superficial and dull biography. While D. H. Lawrence's work was very controversial in its day and resulted in some well publicized book burnings and his personal life was weird (to say the least), this film never piqued my interest. Perhaps it was the flat performances by the leads or the script. Perhaps it was because Lawrence wasn't a man whose life I would want to emulate. However, I think the main problem is that the life of Lawrence would best be summed up in a mini-series and condensing about twenty years of his life into a film is a tall order. So, because so much time passes, it comes off more like a Cliff Notes version of his exploits. My recommendation is that you instead read up on Lawrence and his life...you'll learn more and it won't be so dreadfully lifeless as this movie.