Providence Doesn't Want Futile Things Glorified..

..good old you tube. Managed to find an old favourite, the Name of the Rose made over 20 years ago with Sean Connery, whose career I think was at a bit of a nadir at the time (and seeing him playing a celibate monk makes for worthwhile viewing) and a very young Christian Slater.

Needless to say it didn't make a splash in the States, but its international cast, including a German, a Latvian, even Feodor Chaliapin Junior (not to be confused with Feodor Chaliapin Senior) as the venerable Jorge, its extremely evocative music, climactic finish and the fact that it's not nearly so subtly meaning-riddled as the book, makes it something in a category by itself. Seem to remember as an undergraduate studying medieval Europe as part of my History BA that I was excited to find that two of the characters, Ubertino de Casale and the inquisitor, Bernardo Gui, were actually real people.

Forget the Oscars if this didn't win one. You foolish boy Adso, try thinking with your head and not your heart..