When Bogarde says, "I've got something special for you," - in a very camp tone :) - he pushes a bottle of - something - on the table towards Edward Fox. Pours him a glass. It's never really made clear what the "something" is. But I got the impression it was beyond alcohol, and thought maybe it was a drug or something, like an opiate - does anyone know what it is?
Having just seen THE SERVANT for the first time today and I loved it. I was quite surprised by the final act - quite a bizarre style for a British movie - even in the Sixties. It makes Fassbinder's films look quite normal in comparison. Excellent Douglas Slocombe cinematography and a tour-de-force of a performance by Dirk Bogarde. Edward Fox did remind me a bit of a Thunderbird throughout. And when he kept falling over near the end, it was like he'd had his puppet strings cut from above.

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