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persiflage_1

The Play's the Thing...

Jan 10, 2010 17:09

At shortly after midday today I unplugged the phone, turned off my laptop, then bolted my door before sitting down to three hours and three minutes of the RSC/Illuminations film of David Tennant's 'Hamlet'. Below the cut are my thoughts on it (I missed the live television broadcast, unfortunately, owing to family Christmas commitments, so this is ( Read more... )

rsc, hamlet, reaction post, actor: patrick stewart, actor: david tennant, illuminations

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persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 18:07:38 UTC

Thanks. I'm sure I will be utterly fascinated by the extras. Of course, I need another 3 hours and 3 mins to listen to the audio commentary! o_O

dbskyler January 10 2010, 17:34:26 UTC

Oh, thanks for the review! I've been wondering if I should get the DVD, so this is really good to know. It's not out in region 1 format and I don't know if it ever will be, but I am in the process of acquiring a region-free DVD player -- once I do, I think this will be my first DVD for it!

amilyn January 10 2010, 18:01:59 UTC

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And example is the Philips DVP5990 series, and the hacking codes are here.

dbskyler January 10 2010, 19:09:49 UTC

Thanks for the information!

persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 18:08:29 UTC

Well they're airing it on PBS in April, so I'm assuming the R1 DVD will be out after that...

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scarfman January 10 2010, 17:35:01 UTC

Well, of course: In a contemporary modern-dress Hamlet, the solioquies must be captured on camcorder. For his videoblog.
We've downloaded Hamlet, and were saving it because scarfmom likes us not to have already seen what we watch together on Fridays. But she released us this week so we'll be looking at it soon. It's great to hear from someone who saw it onstage that the screen version does it justice.

persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 18:14:30 UTC

LOL Good point! Shame we don't *have* any video diaries on this!

The screen version can definitely be compared favourably with the stage version. I think they did a beautiful job on it and can be justifiably proud.

garpu January 10 2010, 17:45:03 UTC

I've...acquired this one, and still need to watch it. Sounds like I need to snag it on DVD when it's out over here, too.

persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 18:15:23 UTC

*nods* I think it's worth it if you like Tennant and/or Shakespeare.

The R1 DVD should be out sometime after PBS screens it in April...

garpu January 10 2010, 18:22:06 UTC

My PBS affiliate's crap. I'd be surprised if they broadcast anything that wasn't Andre Rieu or Celtic Woman...

persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 19:04:47 UTC

Ack!

paksena January 10 2010, 19:47:05 UTC

Excellent review. I have to say I agree with everything you said. Especially the use of the meta cameras which made it much more sinister and having close ups of DT which allowed us to see even more of his emotions.

I can't wait for it to air here in April to see what the American response to it is.

persiflage_1 January 10 2010, 19:52:30 UTC

Yes, the CCTV was very sinister and disturbing... And very cleverly done when we saw Horatio and co from the CCTV's PoV and could *not* see the Ghost!

I hope the Americans view it favourably...