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At 1:10pm on September 22, 2008, Curt Finch said…
Here's the link...in its daring it sort of reminds me of Sir Ian McKellen's Richard III film from 1995.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XJABI
At 10:21pm on September 21, 2008, Steve Newman said…
We did have an Arabic version of a Shakespeare not that long ago; didn't get to see it. I'll check it out.
At 9:12pm on September 21, 2008, Curt Finch said…
Yeah, hopefully it will find it's way over to DC (the Kennedy Center will most likely be the venue), which isn't too far from me. Actually the Kennedy Center is doing something called Richard III: An Arab Tragedy early next year and on its website it says it was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Have you heard anything about it?

--Curt
At 5:41pm on September 21, 2008, Steve Newman said…
Yes, this production - which may be going on tour, so keep your fingers crossed - does have a very strong Christian feel (Shakespeare own Roman Catholicism comes across too in the gorgeousness of the costumes) and look too it.
At 6:34pm on September 16, 2008, Curt Finch said…
I definitely think there's something to that...a Christian interpretation of Hamlet. The popular myth of Shakespeare writing it after the loss of Hamnet might have led him to read a bit more into the Bible, thus incorporating apocalyptic themes along with a resurrection theme. There's certainly a lot of Protestant ideology at play, especially since Denmark is for the most part a Protestant country and Shakespeare was writing it in the middle of the Reformation.
At 5:34pm on September 16, 2008, Steve Newman said…
Yes, you're right. This Hamlet did in fact sacrifice himself for the better good. Maybe Shakespeare had Jesus in mind when he wrote it?

I shall keep a look out for Mahler too.

We're fine.

Steve
At 4:00pm on September 16, 2008, Curt Finch said…
Thanks for the review, Steve! It seems that Tennant brought a sense of martyrdom to the character, something I can't recall in any other performance. I think most productions paint Hamlet as a self-absorbed narcissist, like some Danish Percy Shelley on his worst day, and it's refreshing to see a modern interpretation that takes an approach similar to Shaw's Saint Joan. And Partick Stewart as Claudius?! Say no more! For my money, that's the second juicest part in the play, and I'd gladly sell the farm to hear him say, "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below;/ Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

Yeah, definitely me know if you can find Chimes at Midnight! I'd be a thousand years in your debt! I believe Region 2 DVDs won't play in the U.S., and I'm having the same problem with Ken Russell's Mahler, another movie I'm trying to find on DVD. As for the latter, there is a version available, but it's ridiculously expensive plus I hear the digital transfer isn't very good. I'm amazed the folks at Criterion haven't put out a version of Mahler yet, though they do have an uncut version of The Devils. Thanks once again for the review! Hope all is well!

--Curt
At 1:24pm on September 16, 2008, Steve Newman said…
Dear Curt:

My review of Hamlet is up on The Brooklyn Voice.

I'll keep my eyes open for the Welles movie this end. Sure I've seen it somewhere. Will a UK DVD play where you are?

Best wishes, and hopefully you're well?

Steve
At 6:42pm on August 27, 2008, Curt Finch said…
Thanks for having me! Would you happen to know where I can find Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight? As far as I know, it's still unavailable on DVD in the States. I'm amazed the good folks at Criterion haven't put together a box set yet. Even Welles himself said, "If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I'd offer up."
At 5:42pm on August 27, 2008, Steve Newman said…
Welcome aboard, Curt. I look forward to anything you may wish to write about, well, anything...

Steve
 
 

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