Film Magistery #9: The Remains of the Day/Regrets

– “When did you last see the world, Mr. Stevens?” James Ivory’s The Remains of the Day (1993) is, besides  being a masterfully crafted drama, a great example of how people can  fall into a pitfall of not doing something that will have a considerable  impact on people’s lives and ultimately have a greater existential  meaning. Many of us are waisting the best days of our lives and we are  not even aware of it. In this episode, Dino talks about how Mr. Stevens,  the main character in the film The Remains of the Day, realizes  too late what could have his life been if he only acted and thought  differently. The main subject of this episode is regrets, in this case,  regrets of not doing the right thing, the regrets of not exploring the  opportunities that present themselves at some point of one’s life. LINKS: The Remains of the Day on IMDb. The Remains of the Day on Letterboxd. MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod: Ghost Dance Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) VIDEO and IMAGES: Image of Socrates, copyright 2005 – Eric Gaba for Wikimedia Commons “The Remains of the Day” Dir. James Ivory. Columbia Pictures, 1993 Video footage of youth from videezy.com Scenes from the film by movieclips.com