The only time a portrait of the queen is relevant is if we're talking about Dicky Attenborough throwing a whiskey glass at one then hating himself for it, in Guns at Batasi (1964).
A film about how the myth of Empire is poisonous to all it touches. Here:
A film about how the myth of Empire is poisonous to all it touches. Here:
It's a stonkingly good scene (thanks to Dicky) in an otherwise above average and quite heavy handed film.
He really captures the dissolution of a career army man discovering that everything he was taught to believe in was a convenient lie.
The original "are we the bad guys?"
He really captures the dissolution of a career army man discovering that everything he was taught to believe in was a convenient lie.
The original "are we the bad guys?"
And also, incidentally, the inspiration for the character of Higgins in Magnum P.I.
Bellisario's head canon when creating the character was that Sergeant Major Jonathan Higgins was Dicky Attenborough's character, after leaving the army.
(S'why Higgins is not Robin Masters)
Bellisario's head canon when creating the character was that Sergeant Major Jonathan Higgins was Dicky Attenborough's character, after leaving the army.
(S'why Higgins is not Robin Masters)
That's why Higgins comes across as a man constantly torn between old ideas of honour and justice, but also struggling to rationalise that with both Magnum's behaviour and the way society is changing around him.
But, through it all, is determined to ALWAYS do the right thing.
But, through it all, is determined to ALWAYS do the right thing.
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