Lord Egeus
A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.
Lord Curzon
Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave and Hugh Bonneville lead an outstanding cast in this mini-series tracing the turbulent political career and tempestuous private life of Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists during the 1930s. The mini series charts Mosley's rise to political notoriety through his personal life – from youthful rising star of the Conservative Party to potential leader of the Labour Party, and later abandonment of conventional party politics to become a figurehead of burgeoning fascism.
The Father
Shot on location in Goa, Southern India, it concerns a young man's search for his missing father, across beaches, through deserts, down rivers and through jungle he searches, finding love on the way. But what are these mysterious flashbacks of a trance party he keeps having? This cult film uses the then nascent psychedelic trance music scene to drive a hallucinogenic narrative in the spirit of The Wizard of Oz, The Matrix and Jacob's Ladder.
Vyasa
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.
Edgar
Согласно авторитетному опросу среди деятелей мирового театра, Лир Пола Скофилда – лучшая шекспировская роль ХХ века, квинтэссенция Шекспира. Существует кинофильм, поставленный Питером Бруком в 1971 году, почти через 10 лет после премьеры спектакля. Достаточно первого крупного плана Лира – Скофилда, чтобы понять – нет, пожалуй, готовых рецептов для молодых актёров тут не будет. Гениальность – отличная собственность, но сомнительное наследство. И эта мощь, и это словно из базальтовой глыбы вырубленное неподвижное лицо, каждый мимический жест которого выглядит гигантским тектоническим сдвигом, и этот голос с хриплой трещиной – словно в церковный орган попала молния, всё это – неповторимо.Сцена бури навсегда избавит видевших её от иллюзий возможности обойтись в шекспировских ролях тем, что Михаил Чехов называл «личной психологией».
Committee Director
The Committee, starring Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame, is a unique document of Britain in the 1960s. After a very successful run in London’s West End in 1968, viewings of this controversial movie have been few and far between. Stunning black and white camera work by Ian Wilson brings to life this “chilling fable” by Max Steuer, a lecturer (now Reader Emeritus) at the London School of Economics. Avoiding easy answers, The Committee uses a surreal murder to explore the tension and conflict between bureaucracy on one side, and individual freedom on the other. Many films, such as Total Recall, Fahrenheit 451 and Camus’ The Stranger, see the state as ignorant and repressive, and pass over the inevitable weaknesses lying deep in individuals. Drawing on the ideas of R.D. Laing, a psychologically hip state faces an all too human protagonist.
Jacques Roux (as Robert Lloyd)
В сумасшедшем доме происходит спор между маркизом де Садом и актером, изображающим Марата. Чем дальше разыгрывается пьеса, тем более обитатели лечебницы становятся охвачены насилием и вовлечены в хаос происходящего...
