If there is any literary film adaptation worth adding to one’s library it is the Granada TV version of Brideshead Revisited. It really is the most perfect screen adaptation of any novel ever. The scenes in Venice, Oxford and Brideshead capture the book sublimely, and each character is played to perfection.
Evelyn Waugh referred to Brideshead Revisited as his G.E.M (Great English Masterpiece) One of the best things…