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Release Date: 30 January, 2001 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing Reviews
Cultured Curmudgeon--Character Study
What I particularly enjoyed about LAST SEEN WEARING is the character study of Endeavor Morse, Detective Chief Inspector of the Thames Valley Police Department, serving Oxford.
In the opening scene, Morse is reading Thomas Hardy, one of the brooding classics of English Literature. But construction noise (by a firm that later turns out to be tied into the case) disturbs him and he goes into work--where he continues to read Hardy, and ignore the files that his eager Seargant attempts to thrust into his face.
The pathologist, in trying to get Morse to feel the pain of the parents' loss of their daughter says, "Imagine that your copy of the Ring Cycle [Wagner's interminable opera] was destroyed and it was your only one." Yes, as the editorial review says, the "cultured curmudgeon." I love it!
Morse's lined face, slight paunch, in-need-of-a-haircut and always in need of a drink gives us a completely different portrait than, say, the dapper Poirot. When Morse confronts the contractor, the man says, "Oh no, are you the one who drinks?" Morese doesn't miss a beat to confirm or deny, but simply says, "Are you the tyrant?"
His boss asks Morse if this flu of his is really a depression. Though Morse denies it, this seems likely. He seems burnt out, and doesn't really snap to in the case until a real body is found to galvanize his attention.
The story is amazing in crime literature in that it has a happy ending of sorts!
--Janet Grace Riehl, author "Sightlines: A Poet's Diary"
Inspector Morse : "Last Seen Wearing"
If you own this episode on VHS there is no reason to purchase the DVD version. I am a big Inspector Morse fan and find this to be one of the better episodes but the DVD itself is horrible.
I cannot believe how a show as popular as Inspector Morse can be turned into such a shoddy DVD. The DVD contains no extras (although some newer episodes do contain laughable text trivia, ha!) The transfer is mediocre at best, and lastly the packaging is cheap. I recently purchased "Brideshead Revisited" on DVD, wonderful transfer, wonferful packaging, many extras including a booklet. Is it really too much to ask that the series be treated with a little respect, how about some extras behind the scenes footage? a director or author voice over? maybe an interview with some of the surviving cast? Its just dreadful in every respect. I can only hope the series is issued again by a company with more taste.
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