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EAN: 0505058234907 Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER Format: Import, PAL Languages: Number Of Items: 1 Region Code: 2 Running Time: 132 minutes Features:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),Italian ( Mono ),English ( Subtitles ),Greek ( Subtitles ),Hungarian ( Subtitles ),Italian ( Subtitles ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu,SYNOPSIS: British director Peter Brook was of the opinion that no one in the latter half of the 20th century would sit still for a Shakespearean presentation without the added fillips of bizarre costumes and tricky camera pyrotechnics. Fortunately, Brook keeps his excesses in check in his 1971 version of King Lear. With equal good fortune, his Lear is Paul Scofield, whose portrayal of the senile old ruler, whose susceptibility to flattery proves his undoing, is nothing short of brilliant. The stark terrain of Denmark stands in for England in this version, adding a brooding texture to the tragedy that threatens to overwhelm the dialogue at times. Lear's daughters are played by Irene Worth (Goneril), Susan Engel (Regan), and Anne-lise Gabold (Cordelia); others in the cast are Alan Webb (Gloucester), Cyril Cusack (Albany), Patrick Magee (Cornwall), and Jack MacGowran (the Fool). Younger viewers and those faint at heart be warned: King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most graphically violent works, and director Brook takes every opportunity to emphasize the carnage and gore. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A mesmerizing adaptation; in Paul Scofield's memory!When Ingmar Bergman stated Peter Brook was the most important dramaturge of the century, many people could have thought this was a cordial and showy distinction, but the unerring test of time has dictated its last word and seems to sustain with legitimate argumentation this affirmation. Paul Scofield (1922-2008) (A man for all seasons), made probably his most extraordinary lifetime role with this enigmatic and emblematic personage of Shakespeare's genius. Respect King ... Read More Rating: - A King Lear like no other!Of all the excellent performances of King Lear available to watch, Peter Brook's version (with a stand-out performance by Scofield, with an incredible character arc that few actors could carry off within one dramatic piece) is by far the very best. If you haven't seen Peter Brooks' King Lear, you've missed an experience of the play that will transform your appreciation of Shakespeare forever. Pure genius. Thought-provoking, disturbing, also oddly inspiring...and amazing cinematography ... Read More Rating:  - The best DVD I never saw.This is, too my mind, the best performance ever of the best play ever; but the DVD format is incompatible with US DVD players. |
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