June Films Update
Ten films I saw earlier this year **** 1. A Man For All Seasons Henry VIII wants his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled so he can marry Anne Boleyn and father a son and heir. Cardinal Wolesley, Lord Chancellor, complains to Sir Thomas More that More won’t support this, the only member of the King’s privy council to do so. More doesn’t think that they should be pressuring the church by seizing property and money. Thomas Cromwell, Wolesley’s assistant, overhears this. At home there’s more difficulties; Richard Rich wants promotion, turns down More’s offer of a teaching job. Lawyer William Roper wants to marry More’s daughter Meg, but More doesn’t give permission as Roper is a protestant. Wolesley fails, dies in a remote monastery. More is appointed Lord Chancellor. The King pays an unofficial visit to More’s Chelsea home (everyone important travels by boat along the Thames – the moment More falls from grace is marked when no boat comes for him when he calls) to try...
