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Post by crowblack on Mar 4, 2019 18:29:25 GMT
wouldn't go out of your way to see it. Yes, I had the choice of this, Shipwrecked or seeing Tortured again and I think I should have gone with the latter. |
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Post by lichtie on Mar 8, 2019 13:41:11 GMT
Plus side, nice sound work - the 2 Massimo's at the start was great fun - and trots along swiftly and with some energy. But it just didn't really feel much like a play to me. The Italian I didn't find an issue (I speak none). Just a rather weak overall sense of drama. When the back story is communicated verbally in the letters to/from the mother, and the plot makes no real sense without it, surely someone whould have spotted there was a bit of a problem. Two fans of the movie who were standing upstairs (complete with t-shirts) seemed to love it though so maybe it's tapped into a bit of an audience who otherwise wouldn't be there.
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Post by Backdrifter on Mar 13, 2019 10:06:59 GMT
I enjoyed this very much and as a non-speaker of Italian had no problem at all. Thematically it reminded me a bit of Whistle And I'll Come To You.
A bonus was that one of the female cast had beautiful legs and eyebrows.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 23, 2019 21:06:14 GMT
Ooh I was in this afternoon too. In the stalls. Enjoyed it and thought it was funny and well staged but the story left me wanting more. It never really developed or resolved itself which was a shame.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 23, 2019 21:24:06 GMT
Tom Brooke does a fantastic Jim Broadbent impression though  |
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 22:51:26 GMT
The film is on TV this coming Monday night at 1.30am (or the wee small hours of Tuesday)
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Post by crowblack on Jun 3, 2020 9:20:47 GMT
I recorded and finally got round to watching the film, and I'm now really angry and frustrated by how much of it was lost through the Donmar's decision to have large chunks in untranslated Italian. The film is really powerful btw., addressing the issue of violence against women on film and, particularly, Italian Giallo movies, which was surprisingly ignored in a recent BBC4 history of horror films (presented by a man).
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