Post by Capo on Dec 27, 2006 2:12:31 GMT
Act without Words - I
Karel Reisz 2000 UK / Ireland
A man dropped in a desert devoid of all other objects and life, is given opportunities to learn and prosper and reach the water that dangles above him, but chance ruins everything for him.
The futility of life, too frustrating to be convincing: there is perhaps a contradiction in such criticism, but Reisz has chosen his mime to be one we don't necessarily care for - it would have been far wiser to make him likeable, and thus the play far more brutal. If he has tried to imitate the artificiality of it all with his set, he has sacrificed all potential for a cinematic slant on Beckett's play.
Karel Reisz 2000 UK / Ireland
A man dropped in a desert devoid of all other objects and life, is given opportunities to learn and prosper and reach the water that dangles above him, but chance ruins everything for him.
The futility of life, too frustrating to be convincing: there is perhaps a contradiction in such criticism, but Reisz has chosen his mime to be one we don't necessarily care for - it would have been far wiser to make him likeable, and thus the play far more brutal. If he has tried to imitate the artificiality of it all with his set, he has sacrificed all potential for a cinematic slant on Beckett's play.