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Because hanging gives an erection…

Advantages: Faithful to the original text, and so much effort was put into the films
Disadvantages: Wished to find more prominent actors in them

Beckett on Film DVD The 4-DVD box set consists of 19 film adaptations of plays by Samuel Beckett. These plays are: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Happy Days, Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II, Krapp's Last Tape, Rough for Theatre I, Rough for Theatre II, Play, Come and Go, Breath, Not I, That Time, Footfalls, A Piece of Monologue, Rockaby, Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, What Where. * To start with, I will not talk about each of these plays ...
...Exempt Studio: Tyrone Productions DVD Release Date: 23 May 2005 Run Time: 647 minutes For more information about each of the plays included in this project, go to <www.beckettonfilm.com>. Summary: Highly recommended especially for students of literature, and those who love Beckett enough to watch this entire project. ...

sottovoce82 16.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Beckett On Film (DVD)

Love, betrayal, loneliness and hunger

Advantages: fantastic story, writing, cast, everything!
Disadvantages: none for me

...cover says: Tom Cruise Interview with the Vampire The Vampire Chronicles Brad Pitt Antonio Banderas Stephen Rea and Christian Slater I've included this info as it is written on the DVD to show how clear they make it that Tom Cruise is the star of this film! His name even appears before the film name whereas as the rest of the cast are listed below (in smaller writing too, may I add) ~~~The Plot~~~ "The spellbinding screen adaptation of ...
...masterpiece". ~~~Other Info~~~ Interview with the Vampire was released in 1995 (for some reason the film seems much older than that to me!) The film is rated 18 for the strong language, sex, nudity and bloody violence! Running time: 118 minutes DVD Extras: On this special edition these are the extras: Audio commentary by the director Special Introduction Documentary 'In the shadow of a Vampire'- a full length documentary! Interactive menus ...

leanne8686 16.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Interview With The Vampire (Special Edition) (DVD)

Terrorist or Hero? You decide...

Advantages: A patrioc Irish film that will turn many viewpoints
Disadvantages: Not 100% factually accurate, some exaggerations for cinema

...film tells the story of Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), a founder of the IRA and a controversial, but highly respected, political figure, who's tremendous 'ability' of causing bloody mayhem results in Ireland moving a step closer to freedom, but Mick primarily wants peace. The film starts with the infamous Easter Rebellion of 1916, with Collins and Eamon de Valera (Alan Rickman) fighting a losing battle. The film progresses as the IRA make further ...
...are helped to sympathize with Michael Collins as we see into his personal life. He falls in love with his best friends wife, Kitty (Julia Roberts) plays happily with children, and is usually a very friendly man, which helps us to see that he is compassionate, not a cold-blooded killer. The massacre at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday is portrayed very well by director Neil Jordan, who with the help of the stunning cinematography of Chris Menges, creates ...

midpikyrozziy 08.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Michael Collins (DVD)

Third of the Graham Greene "Catholic Trilogy"

Advantages: Good film at a great price
Disadvantages: None

The End of the Affair is the third of Graham Greene's "Catholic Novels" to be adapted for the silver screen following "Brighton Rock" and "The Power and the Glory". Edward Dmytryk had made several excellent film noirs in the 1940s (Crossfire; Farewell, My Lovely) before running into trouble with HUAC. For a period in the 1950s he moved to England where he directed several films, one of them being this film. It's his experience in directing those ...
...would say give many of the scenes a strange macabre tone. I've always been a little disappointed by several of Deborah Kerr's films except in films where she playing slightly neurotic characters like in Black Narcisuss or The Innocents and The End of the Affair is another of those roles where she really excels. Van Johnson is an actor I feel like I know but in reality I don't which may have something to with fact that this probably the first film ...

Phoust 16.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The End Of The Affair (DVD)

"Love is a Weakness"

Advantages: It's British, Bob Hoskins
Disadvantages: The rest of the cast, tedious plot

...film, so seeing advertisements for Mona Lisa free with the Times this weekend, I made sure I got hold of a copy. Mona Lisa is a film I remember coming out in the 80s when I was in my teens, although I never actually saw it at the time. I wasn't expecting a brilliant film; although the names of the actors - Bob Hoskins, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Caine - led me to believe that it would be pretty good. To be honest, I was disappointed. This is a fairly ...
...skills - he was nominated for an Oscar for this role. The story George is an 'odd job man' living in London who has a number of dodgy contacts. One day he meets a high class prostitute called Simone and ends up becoming her chauffeur. Their relationship is initially fiery, but they soon come to appreciate each other. George is intrigued by Simone's lifestyle; all the more so because an acquaintance of his is also interested in exactly what it is ...

sunmeilan 09.10.2006 · Read full review
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