Women in Love Page #4

Synopsis: The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britain's industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Gerald Crich and Rupert Berkin are best friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters Gudrun, a sculptress and Ursula Brangwen, a schoolteacher. Rupert marries Ursula, Gerald begins a love affair with Gudrun, and the foursome embarks upon a Swiss honeymoon. But the relationships take markedly different directions, as Russell explores the nature of commitment and love. Rupert and Ursula learn to give themselves to each other; the more withdrawn Gerald cannot, finally, connect with the demanding and challenging Gudrun.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Ken Russell
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
R
Year:
1969
131 min
449 Views


In England's green and pleasant land

And Jesus Christ, our Lord,

hath said

that greater love hath no man

than he who lays down his life

for his brother.

And no greater love hath man

than the love of man for man,

and brother for brother.

We shall now move forward,

into an uninterrupted age

of brotherhood and love.

For love is the greatest thing the...

You might as well say

that hate is the greatest.

What people want is hate.

Hate, and nothing but hate.

In the name of

righteousness and love,

ye shall have hate.

Out of love, ye shall throw down

nitroglycerine bombs,

and ye shall kill your brother.

It's the lie that kills.

Oh, if people want hate,

let them have it.

Death, torture, murder, violent destruction.

Let's have it!

- But not in the name of love.

- Sorry.

Oh, I abhor humanity.

I wish it'd be swept away.

It could go,

and there would be no absolute loss,

if every human being perished tomorrow.

I beg your pardon.

So. You want everybody

in the world destroyed.

Yes. Absolutely.

Well, you yourself. Don't you think

it's a wonderful, clear idea?

A world empty of people.

Just uninterrupted grass

and a rabbit sitting in it.

Mm... You don't seem to see much love

in humanity.

- What about individual love?

- I don't believe in love.

Anymore than I believe in hate or grief.

Love is an emotion.

You feel or you don't feel,

according to your circumstances.

If you don't believe in love,

what do you believe in?

Just in the end of the world

and...rabbits?

The point, about L-O-V-E,

is that we hate the word

because we vulgarise it.

It should be taboo.

Forbidden from utterance,

for many years,

till we find a new and a better idea.

Well...I shall just have to leave it to you

to send your new and better idea

down from the holy altar.

When you think the world is ready,

of course.

Ha! Ha! Come on!

Come on, you! Ha! Ha-ha-ha!

Come on, you b*tch!

Ha! Ha-ha-ha!

Gerald, what are you doing?

Gerald! Oh, don't!

- Oh, Gudrun, do something!

- Be quiet!

Please!

Gerald!

I wish you'd do something.

Get in there!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

I should think you're proud!

Report to the office.

I'm sorry, Dewhurst.

Can't you keep him on a little longer?

I've already replaced him, Father.

Don't you think that his pension

will be sufficient?

'Tis not the pension.

It's the work.

I still have

a few more years' work left in me.

Not the sort of work I want.

They hate you.

I'm glad I won't have to see it much longer.

Their hate is better than your love.

You made a fortune

exploiting them.

And now you're trying to ease your guilt

by slipping them a few coins.

At least I...give them a fair salary,

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