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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 19, 2022 16:43:48 GMT
I like the History Boys film also
Another favourite is Copenhagen but that is just a wordy play you need minimal set for also
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Post by crabtree on Jul 19, 2022 20:02:18 GMT
Yep the opening up of Chorus Line and it's trendy reorchestrations were a bit grim. Some clever tricks with the mirros but i missed the original choreography - though in there One number, there is that lady who quietly drops out of sight, among the hundred dancers, but is soon back on her feet. Too late to reshoot that.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 19, 2022 20:02:57 GMT
Noises Off is a great example of a play that should be left, brilliantly, on stage.
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Post by ncbears on Jul 19, 2022 20:23:18 GMT
Noises Off is a great example of a play that should be left, brilliantly, on stage. Oddly enough, people I know who saw only the film found it hilarious. Many of us who saw it on stage = ok, me - found the film version tedious and the timing for comedy off and, as a consequence, the film just didn't work for me. I haven't seen Sleuth on stage - but the Olivier/Caine film was brilliant and I think the film used with edits and close-ups and directing the audience's viewpoint to its advantage.
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Post by Jan on Jul 20, 2022 6:29:08 GMT
Glengarry Glen Ross, the Alec Baldwin speech is one of the greatest ever, not to mention the fact that every actor in it deserved an Oscar. I saw an interesting interview with one of the other actors in it - I forget which - who said that Jack Lemmon was better in rehearsals for it than he was on screen. In rehearsals absolutely bleak and desperate but as soon as the cameras started rolling he became a bit twinkly and warm, that actor thing where subconsciously he wanted to be liked. Simon Russell-Beale on stage is a bit prey to this too.
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Post by wannabedirector on Jul 20, 2022 10:26:02 GMT
I’ve been thinking about this one for a while, it’s a tough question. Moonlight was originally a play, but the play was never produced to my knowledge, so that would be up there. I was a big fan of the Joel Coen Macbeth as well, that’s probably my favourites Shakespeare film adaptation. My number one though would probably be Hyenas, a Senegalese adaptation of The Visit - transposing the play to Africa says a lot about colonialism and the ramifications of it in the post- colonial world. An underseen classic of African cinema.
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Post by edelweiss on Jul 22, 2022 11:28:33 GMT
Don't think this one has been mentioned here yet, but the 1983 film of Pinter's Betrayal is absolutely brilliant. (It's available on Youtube to watch for free) It has an all-star cast - Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons - giving great performances and it's very nicely shot. I've never actually seen the play live but after watching the film it's definitely on my list!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 23, 2022 6:13:07 GMT
Thanks edelweiss I enjoyed Betrayal immensely. Youtube is now suggesting I watch Way up stream. Never seen it on stage but as a kid I was terrified by the man lurking in the reeds ...
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Post by aptheguy on Jul 30, 2022 21:59:58 GMT
West Side Story 2021
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