The central theme remains the pursuit of eternal youth at the expense of the soul. In the film, Ben Barnes portrays Dorian Gray as an innocent young man who, under the cynical tutelage of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), becomes obsessed with his own beauty. The "subtitle" of Dorian's life becomes a tragic irony: while he remains a flawless physical specimen, his portrait—hidden away in an attic—becomes a grotesque record of every sin and vice he indulges in.
Specific of the Victorian "decadence" movement. Read an Excerpt from The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray subtitle Dorian.Gray.2009.1080p.720p.BluRay.x26...
: The increasingly putrid and "living" nature of the portrait, which eventually drips with blood and maggots—a sharp departure from the novel's more subtle descriptions. Moral Consequences The central theme remains the pursuit of eternal