King Lear dvd movie.|
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List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.96 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 1997 DVD Release : 28 September, 2004 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Terrific |
| When I read that Lear would be played by Ian Holm, I was shocked.
Ian Holm??????????? That tiny man who always plays mousy nebbishes? Bilbo Baggins???? Well, I am happy to report I was wrong. Somehow, Holm manages to appear 7 feet tall and has ferocity and bluster to burn. He is wonderful: he has fury, terrifying rage, delicacy, mordancy, sadness, waiflike pitifulness. All the things Lear should have. The other actors are good-to-great, too. The only bad thing about this production is the sets. It is essentially a filmed play, so the sets are usually a red-draped room with a table. After all the lavish sets for Shakespeare by Branagh et al., I guess I got spoiled. However, the acting and direction are thrilling. |
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