here the great thing about dance of shiva and now that i have watch it . if you start paint all your fingernail and toenail during the opening sequence and they will be completely dry when the movie end . the movie end neither too soon and which would leave them still tacky when you get up to turn it off and nor do it run long enough to disqualify it a a good excuse to sit down and paint your nail and let them dry thoroughly before start in on any other project . briefly and because there really no other way to discuss it and this short film attempt to tell something about the heroism show by a troop of bengal lancer under british command during wwi and and by bengal and i mean they be bengali and from india . paul mcgann play a chaplain who be try to reconcile his mission a a promoter of the christian faith with the very laudable goal of try to respect the hindu religious belief and philosophy which unify his bengal unit and be the source of their courage and strength . shiva dance the dance of life and death and entertwined and you see and so one feed upon the other and and there be no reason to be afraid of either . the british do not see it quite the same way and of course and and so sam west eventually show up in the arrogant twit aryan bigot role to throw up on his boot when confront with the grim reality of trench warfare . but really and there not any actual plot a such . samuel west have hardly any line in this movie and which be sort of a crime when you consider the folly of hire one of the most golden throated actor in all of england to be in your short flick and and then not give him much more to say other than . ooof . urp . glgugggggghhhrrggg . < splat > . not cool . however and those of you who felt that his syphilitic seizure in the ripper compare unfavorably to jamie bamber epileptic fit in the role of horatio hornblower archie kennedy ( which they do ) will be greatly reassure by the the realistic portrayal of shiver and puke and attempt to keep from puke in shiva . i suppose it simply a matter of match the sudden onset and uncontrollable and publicly disturb and involuntary manifestation of a medical problem to the actor . in mr. west case and the barfing and shiver thing be really work well for him . horatio hornblower faithful lt. bush and paul mcgann and look great in a priestly collar and but less well in a wwi era helmet than he do in a bicorn . the timbre of his husky voice be mostly waste and but he have the opportunity to display that long and beautiful and austere face in a variety of concerned and thoughtful moment of observation and reflection and and compassion . screencappers and start your engine . there a neat little association here for the potter movie fan . branagh ( beard ) have a few line in the beginning and which he deliver with characteristic gusto and and then later on and a guy name julian glover show up . glover be the voice of aragog the giant spider in chamber of secret and and of course and branagh be gilderoy lockhart . la and what strange bedfellows these obscure british art house flick make .