Fascinating. I seldom have the patience to watch a film, but I find myself feeling curious about this one.

I have a vague feeling that I might have heard, sometime after reading the original Wilde story as a child, that somebody had made an in-very-slightly-more-than-name-alone adaptation set in the Forties. I'm glad I didn't see it at that time, because I suspect I would have found that unforgiveable and this sounds like a movie which deserves to be forgiven for it.

As always, your write-up is lovely.