Beowulf

Beowulf
by Stellan Olsson

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Actor: Benjamin Bagby
Director: Stellan Olsson
Brand: Koch International
Cinematographer: Mats Harryson
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Koch Vision

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Movie Review: Awesome performance
Summary: 5 Stars

This was one of the most interesting performance DVD's I have ever seen. Mr Bagby was thoroughly entertaining, so much so that I had trouble breaking my attention away to look at the subtitles.

Even my 4-year-old son enjoyed it for ten minutes before losing interest. This is despite not being able to read the subtitles or understand the performance since it was in Old English.

This is not something to put on and then listen to in the background-- it demands your attention. Anyone interested in Old English iterature, oral epics generally, or related fields should listen to this. Furthermore one gets the impression that this would not be that different than one might get from watching Homer perform sections of the Illiad.

Note however that this performance is not the whole of the epic, but only includes the section relating to Grendel.

I hope more of Mr Bagby's works are recorded.

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Summary of Beowulf

One of Europe s greatest epics the story of King Hrothgar the monster Grendel and the hero Beowulf has been passed down in written form for hundreds of generations. In this remarkable oneman tour de force Benjamin Bagby (co-founder and director of the Sequentia ensemble for medieval music) accompanying himself on an Anglo-Saxon harp delivers this gripping tale in the original Old English as it could havebeen experienced more than a thousand years ago.BONUS FEATURES: Interview with Benjamin Bagby Discussion with Beowulf scholars John Miles Foley Thomas Cable and Mark AmodioSystem Requirements:Running Time: 98 minutes plus 34 minutes bonusFormat: DVD AUDIO Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST UPC: 741952644590 Manufacturer No: KOCDV6445

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