the great movie adaptation be usually make from novel of the second or third rank and the adaptation of the great novel the brother karamazov and war and peace and ullysses and be not very good and while dodsworth and and the magnificent ambersons be rank among the classic . this be yet another example . scorsese surpass his material to make a beautiful and bravura nmasterpiece . this be an expressionist film and in which we enter the soul of newland archer and all too proper gentleman and would bre free spirit and a he be tear between the allure of seem non conformity the countess olenska and and the demand s of tradition and duty may welland . people who think it an atypical scorsese film have never and i repeat and never pay careful attention to his film and or have only wateched them for the violence and the f word . scorsese have always be a tormented moralist and obsess with loyalty and honor and tradition . this anmazingly rich and often witty film and grows on you with each repeat viewing .