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The English Patient
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A 1992 novel by Canadian author Michael Ondaatje. The book opens in an abandoned villa in World War II Italy, where Hana, a Canadian army nurse, cares for a man referred to as the English Patient. He refuses to reveal his identity, but his speech and mannerisms indicate that he's an Englishman (his status as a patient is considerably less ambiguous, given that he's being treated for critical burns all over his body). Hana and the Patient are joined by David Caravaggio, a Canadian thief who knew Hana before the war, and who worked as an Allied spy until he was captured and maimed; and Kip, an Indian Sikh who's one of the best sappers in the British army. The story sprawls out non-linearly, digging into each character's backstory, with running themes of nationality, nationalism, and the Power of Love.Made into a 1996 movie directed by Anthony Minghella. It stars Juliette Binoche as Hana, Ralph Fiennes as the "English Patient", Colin Firth as Geoffrey Clifton, Kristin Scott Thomas as Katharine Clifton, Willem Dafoe as Caravaggio, and Naveen Andrews as Kip. The film was a box office hit, earning $231,976,425 in the worldwide market. It has earned the distinguished pop-culture status of being "That movie Elaine bitched about in that one episode of Seinfeld." Both versions won a bunch of awards, most prominently the 1997 Academy Award for Best Picture. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Kip, towards the end, when he learns about the bombing of Hiroshima. Hana and Kip have slightly toned-down versions in their backstories as well. | |
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A Father to His Men | |
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A Father to His Men: Lord Suffolk. Especially for Kip. | |
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Fingore | |
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Fingore: There's a certain German major who likes to collect thumbs, as David Caravaggio found out the hard way. | |
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Slipknot Ponytail: Done with Kip's topknot. | |
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Booby Trap | |
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Booby Trap: The villa is full of bombs and mines left by retreating Axis forces. | |
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Murder the Hypotenuse | |
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Murder the Hypotenuse: Geoffrey Clifton's solution to the love triangle: attempt to take out the Patient, kamikaze-style, with Katharine aboard the plane. | |
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Bedouin Rescue Service | |
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Bedouin Rescue Service: How the Patient survives the plane crash. Not that one, the second one. | |
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Important Haircut | |
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Important Haircut: Hana cuts off her hair shortly after she starts work as an army nurse. | |
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Wire Dilemma | |
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Wire Dilemma: Part and parcel of Kip's work as a sapper; most prominently when defusing the bomb in the villa courtyard. | |
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Named After Somebody Famous | |
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Named After Somebody Famous: In-story; "David Caravaggio" is implied to be a pseudonym, which he lampshades, mentioning Caravaggio's painting David with the Head of Goliath. | |
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If I Can't Have You… | |
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If I Can't Have You…: Geoffrey Clifton takes this to an extreme. | |
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The Power of Love | |
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The Power of Love: One of the recurring themes is the ability of love to transcend national boundaries in wartime. The result isn't always pretty. | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran | |
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Shell-Shocked Veteran: Most of the characters, in one way or another, especially Hana and Kip. | |
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Malevolent Architecture | |
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Malevolent Architecture: The Villa, in a justified example; the retreating Nazis booby trapped every place they could. | |
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Villain Protagonist | |
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Villain Protagonist: The Patient, arguably, once we learn that his rejection of national ties led him to help German spies across the desert. Not to mention the unrepentant wrecking of the Cliftons' marriage (though some people would agree with his behavior there). | |
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Deconstruction | |
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Deconstruction: The book and movie to a degree deconstruct The Power of Love and identities, including the Patient's rejection of nationalities. | |
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Anachronic Order | |
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Anachronic Order: The story sprawls out non-linearly, digging into each character's backstory | |
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Cut Himself Shaving | |
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Cut Himself Shaving: The Patient's excuses for the scars Katharine gives him. | |
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"Not So Different" Remark | |
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"Not So Different" Remark: By the end Kip realizes that the Patient's worldview is just the same as the very identities he tries to erase. | |
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During the War | |
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During the War | |
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Cultured Warrior | |
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Cultured Warrior: Lord Suffolk. | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue | |
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"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: A very brief one showing that Kip is now a doctor, married with children in India; he still thinks of Hana. | |
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The Film of the Book | |
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The Film of the Book | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Caravaggio is revealed to be on one to avenge the loss of his thumbs, killing the German major who cut them off and the spy who sold him out and intending to kill the Patient for giving the Germans the maps to infiltrate Cairo. | |
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Interchangeable Asian Cultures | |
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Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Inverted by Kip, who ultimately (and derisively) considers every white European "English." | |
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Battleaxe Nurse | |
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Battleaxe Nurse: In Caravaggio's interrogation scene. | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story | |
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Very Loosely Based on a True Story: There was a Lazlo de Almasy who was a part of the Zerzura Club and later worked for the Germans during the war. However, he died in 1951 in Austria of dysentery and, recent discoveries heavily imply, was gay. The Claytons, on whom the Cliftons were based, both died in the early 30s, he from poliomyelitis, she in a flying accident. | |
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Geeky Turn-On | |
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Geeky Turn-On: The Patient realizes he's attracted to Katharine when she reads aloud from Herodotus. Of course, the story she chose to read was rather apropos... | |
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Mercy Kill | |
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Mercy Kill: Hana overdoses the Patient on morphine at his request. | |
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Love Makes You Crazy | |
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Love Makes You Crazy: Well, everybody involved in the Patient's affair with Katharine was already a little crazy, but their romance pushed things over the edge. | |
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