In the scene where John presented himself to King George, I found the king (actor) to be quite odd...anyonr else? I read a little that the king had some psychiatric issues so perhaps this was it?
shareHe was crazy. Some suspect heavy metal poisoning from his wig. He descended into dementia later on.
Time for aggressive negotiations!
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I thought it was odd the King rarely looked at Adams. He mostly looked to the side.
He only looked at Adams when he entered and when he left.
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Yeah, that is an odd but interesting scene. The Madness of King George (with Nigel Hawthorne) came to mind.
Okay, well... filibuster.
Excellent movie, though very difficult to watch.
George III had at least two bouts of madness (maybe more, but two is what I remember off the top of my head), and especially in the last bout of madness, the Prince of Wales (later George IV) ruled extensively as Regent, which is where we get the 'Regency Era,' known nowadays as the period in which Jane Austen's stories take place.
Last I heard, George III's madness was thought to be porphyria, though that is a retrospective diagnosis.
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I read the same thing about him and that he was diagnosed with porphyria ,and some said even mercury poisoning which does send one mad.Even Abraham Linclon had mercury poisoning due to taking "blue mass" which was mostly mercury and was said to cure depression but after expericing severe mood swings of anger he stopped taking it
share A quote from "The Madness of King George" about America:
Peace of mind! I have no peace of mind. I've had no peace of mind since we lost America. Forests, old as the world itself... meadows... plains... strange delicate flowers... immense solitudes... and all nature new to art... all ours... Mine. Gone. A paradise... lost.
I don't imagine he actually said this (although who knows?). But I thought it was interesting in the context.
(There is also a quote in the film from Pitt, I think, saying if a handful of colonists could get rid of the King maybe they could, too. LOL).
I thought it was a great scene, the fact he wasn't actually sitting in his throne but standing beside it implied he wasn't exactly in control. I thought he came across as mistrusting and not altogether with it. Tom Hollander's a great actor. It's been a while since I saw this but I'm working through the box set again.
Another scene I love is when John Adams and Abigail enter the White House for the first time. It's not finished, there are slaves building it, and they seem ashamed to be elevated to this status.