Daniel Day-Lewis Triple Feature (How Many Miles to Babylon / The Insurance Man / Dangerous Corner)

I bought this after reading about it on the New York Sunday Times last spring. The article got me interested in other Daniel Day-Lewis movies, so I have been on a quest to see them all. I realized this would not be in a library, so ordered it. There are three BBC short movies or plays. One does get to see how Day-Lewis is able to perform radically different characters. "How Many Mikes to Babylon" is an excellent piece of writing that is a beautiful testament to male friendship. Day-Lewis plays a "Christ" character. "The Insurance Man" is a bedlam sort of setting with the Day- Lewis character as the sane one in the midst of the chaos. There is complete nudity of both the male (not Day-Lewis)and female bodies, refreshing that it is not just the woman. "Dangerous Corner" has Day-Lewis playing a weak, sniveling character which he acts perfectly and detestingly. It is a clever bit of writing...a parlor drama with two endings for the viewer to contemplate. BBC, as always, produces wonderful period pieces.

As far as I am concerned, DDL is the best of the best, so I thoroughly enjoyed the DVD! These are stories I had not seen before and it was a delight.

Although Daniel Day-Lewis is a terrific actor, these episodes are from his very early years. In two of the movies, Daniel plays a very limited part. Only one of the three movies was what I would call three star. This trilogy somewhat disappointed.

Terrible recording quality. Interesting movies, movies are almost unwatchable due to poor quality.

This is a terrific 3-pack of Lewis' early work. You can see the beginnings of his signature style, especially his facial responses, his head gestures and his vocal signature when speaking to women. It's a great treat to see one of the world's finest actors in his Thespian infancy.

I bought this for one of the movies but ended up enjoying them all!

This was a gift for my son.He says he enjoyed the movies.

excellent movies of early Daniel Day-Lewis, loved them when I found them at local library and had to put in my collection

What a stunning piece of Television. This would stand up today as both a beautiful and harrowing tale of two people who found friendship and Lost everything.The motifs and cinematography are both stunning and lovely . shame some more clean up work couldnt have been undertaken, but its a minor quibble.