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- Priest of Love is an impressively mounted and acted biopic [from a book by Harry T. Moore] dealing with the later years in the life of author D.H. Lawrence. Reunited with screenwriter Alan Plater who wrote his filmization of Lawrence’s The Virgin and the Gypsy, director Christopher Miles takes a somewhat removed and cool look at his subject.
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125 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1981. Roger Ebert. November 10, 1981. 3 min read. It’s an irony, but there you are: The two best films about the life of the passionate British novelist D. H. Lawrence are based on his fiction.
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Priest of Love is a 1981 British biographical film about D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda (née Von Richthofen) played by Ian McKellen and Janet Suzman. It was a Stanley J. Seeger presentation, produced and directed by Christopher Miles and co-produced by Andrew Donally.
Tomatometer 3 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings. After his latest novel, "The Rainbow," courts controversy, author D. H. Lawrence (Ian McKellen) travels with his wife, Frieda (Janet Suzman ...
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Priest of Love: Directed by Christopher Miles. With Ian McKellen, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope Keith. Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico.
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"Priest of Love" is a rather superficial and dull biography. While D. H. Lawrence's work was very controversial in its day and resulted in some well publicized book burnings and his personal life was weird (to say the least), this film never piqued my interest.
Priest Of Love Review. D.H. Lawrence and his German wife Frieda abandon England for the Americas after his book 'The Rainbow' is banned and burned for it's sexual content. by David Parkinson |....
Sep 10, 2012 · Priest of Love 1980, directed by Christopher Miles | Film review. Film. Time Out says. High in the running for the year's dumbest art movie, opening on a shot of burning books, this launches into...