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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)

War + Romance = Great Film!

Advantages: Great story, excellent acting and effects
Disadvantages: Just a little too long

Cold Mountain is another film which I purchased after reading a brilliant review on it and I have to say that I completely agree with the review about this film. It stars Jude Law who I always enjoy as he is very easy on the eye! Hubby was also pleased with this film choice as it was not a children’s cartoon! The film is set in North Carolina in the 1860’s when North and South America are at war. Inman, played by Jude Law is in the middle of a war ...
...make his way back to Cold Mountain and Ada but with the other men saying that deserted soldiers will be tried and treated for treason things are not looking good for Inman. Will Inman be able to return to his beloved Ada and will Ruby be able to teach Ada how to do an honest days work and to keep the farm going? When this film started I though it was going to be great as it did open with such a bang but then when we had the first flash back I did ...

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Review of Cold Mountain (DVD)

Don't Bother Breaking In

Advantages: Some solid perfomances.
Disadvantages: Stodgy writing, stolid direction and unlikeable characters.

A series of break-ins at his architecture firm’s new offices in King’s Cross bring Will into contact with fifteen year-old Miro. Will’s investigations lead to him getting involved with boy’s mother Amira, a Bosnian ex-pat who works as a tailor. Meanwhile his home life is no picnic; his wife is prone to depression and her daughter has a compulsive order that has so far defied diagnosis. “Breaking and Entering” is Anthony Minghella’s third collaboration ...
...yet. It wants to be an insightful and thought-provoking contemporary drama. But instead it turns out a stodgy and self-indulgent bout of upper middle class navel-gazing. It looks slick enough most of the time, with Minghella revelling in the contrast between Will’s glossy Kensington house and the insalubrious environs of his new offices. But there are times when shots swim out of focus. The parkour that opens the movie is decent enough; competently ...

afy9mab 01.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Breaking And Entering (DVD)

Love will tear us apart

Advantages: Touching love story, beautiful desert scenery, well acted
Disadvantages: Very sad, jumps around a bit, perhaps a thinking persons film

...then look no further than The English Patient. I bought the English Patient on DVD at Sainsbury's a few weeks ago. I had just finished the book and thought I'd quite like to see what the film was like. I purchased it in a 3 for £30 deal. The book I read because it's on my Booker Prize winners list that I'm slowly working my way through this year. I have to be honest, although I liked the idea of it, I didn't enjoy it very much and had to force myself ...
...would like to re-read the book just to see how the director Anthony Minghella managed to create such a masterpiece from the same story I found dull on the page. Overview of the story *********************** If you have never heard of The English Patient then the following should help. The story is set at the end of the Second World War, in Italy, and for the most part moves between 1944 and up to two years before hand. The main character is a ...

Shoka 14.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The English Patient (Special Edition) (DVD)

TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY...PASSIONATELY.

Advantages: A really lovely film/
Disadvantages: Quite sad.

- TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Truly, Madly, Deeply was released in 1991. Written and Directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient). Starring: Juliet Stevenson & Alan Rickman. - BBFC Rating: PG. - Running Time: 106 Minutes. - Originally made as a 1990's BBC Screen Two Series set in two parts, Genre: British Romance. - BAFTA Winner for best original screenplay. - This film has such a wonderful premise. - Jamie and Nina are a young couple who are ...
...a couple who loved each Truly, Madly, Deeply and what a stunning and emotional film it is. - "The title 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' comes from a word game played by the main characters in which they challenge each other to take turns repeating and adding to a series of adverbs describing how much they love each other". - Starring - Juliet Stevenson Alan Rickman Directed by Anthony Minghella Written by Anthony Minghella Music by Barrington Pheloung Cinematography ...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 23.04.2008 · Read full review
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