It seemed difficult to understand this film even if you just finished watching it or if you watched it just once. It would be even harder to understand if you do not try to understand profoundly and even you are not British. Since, we are not living in hierarchical society anymore, even though there are still titles like 'Earl', it does make sense not to be able to understand this film at all. 20minutes. It is the amount of the time which Mike Leigh has used to show the stupidity of 'The earl' who is thought of as representative of modern society upper class. And it was enough. From now on, I am going to give you some tips which could be helpful for you to understand this film. Firstly, just imagine based on your common sense that how honorable for our ancestors to be a noble was. Just imagine in the same way how glorious for them to be a noble was. Perhaps, it is still attractive for somebody in Britain to be a noble, however. Then, just remind yourself how 'The earl' had looked on screen. and just remind yourself how 'The earl' had described his whole life in his powerless voice. 'The earl' in the film walked with a cane in very cold weather. While he kept walking with his cane, not alone, he was describing his life. Although he had succeeded in inheriting 10,000 acres lands from his father, it seemed that there was nothing he could harvest. Even the woolly flock which were eating grasses around his lands were not his. The man who was driving tractor whom 'The earl' met on the road did not look like a noble, although, I am sure his tractor must be thousands times expensive than his cane and worthier than his cane to have. 'The earl' killed his brother just because he had wanted to inherit from his father. It is not important if his brother was homosexual or not. Instead of brotherhood which is believed as one of the most valuable thing in the world, he had just got worthless 10,000 acres lands. 'The earl' had asked his wife to divorce him to get married his second lover. He killed her because she had refused to divorce him. Furthermore, he killed his two adorable sons because they had witnessed it. Finally, he got married to a third woman and had another two children with her. He seemed to get everything he wanted to have. However, at the end of the film, he showed his fear that what had happened to his family in the past, would happen to him again. Is this the image of the noble we normally have imagined? The noble are supposed to have luxury life and to have lots of valuable things. Aren't they? But how has 'The earl' been in this film? Did he look good?
Review of A Sense of History
