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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jan 23, 2020 17:11:14 GMT
Has anyone seen or is planning to see this? I love the film and it sounds quite intriguing, especially the use of Bergman's notes to form a narrator character and the idea of an earth harp stretching above the audience providing the music. I'm heading home this weekend to see the Welkin so I'm slightly tempted to see an evening show on Saturday (though I might be a bit drained after The Welkin) or the 3pm on Sunday (though that might be too late if I'm getting the coach back that evening) so I'd love to hear opinions if anyone's caught it yet.
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Post by perfectspy on Jan 24, 2020 1:06:55 GMT
I saw the Thursday matinee and thought it was pretty good. Great use of the narrator and live music. Good video use to create a scene. I’m not familiar with the film but mainly came here for the reopening. I recommend coming.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jan 24, 2020 1:11:15 GMT
I saw the Thursday matinee and thought it was pretty good. Great use of the narrator and live music. Good video use to create a scene. I’m not familiar with the film but mainly came here for the reopening. I recommend coming. Great thanks for the info. I'll see if I feel like it this weekend and if not I might be coming down the closing weekend so can catch it then. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jan 26, 2020 17:23:19 GMT
I wrote a post on the train but went underground as I hit the button so it got lost (sorry if it glitches out and pops up or something). I was quite disappointed by this. Alice Krige gives a great performance, perhaps even as good as the actress playing Alma in the film, but unfortunately the rest of the production is not on her level. The earth harp is impressive and creates good tension and the script is good as it's a direct translation of the film's but the added narration was not what I was hoping for and the cadence of the narrator is strange and doesn't mesh well with the way the rest of the production is played. I was hoping that the narration would provide insight into Bergman's psyche when writing the film but apart from a couple of instances it was mostly just used to set the scene and give context of locations etc. Nobuhle Mngcwengi was also disappointing. She didn't have the presence of the actress who played Elizabet in the film and something is definitely lost in having two actors who look wildly different when a huge part of the film and indeed the script of the play is their similarity and the blurring of the lines between them as people. Overall I don't regret going as Alice Krige's performance made up for the rest of it but I wouldn't recommend it either - just watch the film.
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