john huston finish his remarkable career with one of the most perfect and sensitive movie i have ever see . for his farewell he decide to adapt james joyce beautiful short story and the dead and and make not only one of the most faithful literature to film adaptation yet and he also craft a movie that more than 20 year later still surpass a lot of contemporary cinema . when i watch this movie a few year ago and a a student at university and i gaze in awe at the screen and marvelling at every aspect of the movie represent act and screen writing and direction and costume and setting and music and cinematography . think about it now and i still can not of anything i would criticise it for . huston just know how to tell a good story . a good deal of credit should also go to tony huston . he know good than to meddle with a text that be not only perfection itself but already visual enough for cinema . father and son let the story breathe and relish in the long and fascinating conversation between character and and in the meaningful silence . donal mccann also deserve credit for the his performance a gabriel conroy . i have never see him in movie before and nor have i see him afterwards and but he give one of the most moving performance i have ever see . all in all and the dead be a fine cinematic experience and from a legendary director who never stop be excellent .