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Claggart dislikes Billy Budd so that he falsely accuses him of fomenting mutiny. [Am. Lit: Herman Melville Billy Budd] See : Hatred |
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nbsp;what Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia did for pole-vaulters, Denis's cryptic, gorgeously photographed movie retools the nautical antagonisms between Herman Melville's Billy Budd and John Claggart for the Foreign Legion in Africa, Stingy on the character motivation and minimalist on narrative to an exasperating degree, Beau Travail seems more content to fawn over the legionnaires' seasoned physiques as they barrel through combat exercises or The all-male cast features baritone Rodney Gilfry as Billy and bass Jeffrey Wells as Claggart, the master-at-arms maddened by Billy Budd's goodness and beauty. Forster (Maurice, Howards End) adapted the Herman Melville novella about an evil British naval officer named Claggart and his obsession with beautiful, angelic sailor Billy Budd (played in this production by hunky Rodney Gilfry). |
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