Hamlet By Brook / Brook By Brook
by Peter Brook
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Director: Peter BrookDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 204 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arte
Movie Reviews of Hamlet By Brook / Brook By Brook
Movie Review: Hamlet and Brook: A meaning insightful into theatre
Summary: 4 Stars
Attempting to capture any theatrical production on film is always a difficult process. Of course, we are not viewing the film in a commercial context but as an audio visual recording of theatre. Even if recorded as television with a multiple camera set up, with multiple takes, and minimum audience participation, we need to understand it as a theatrical recording in this different light. As a theatre lover and Drama teacher, I really appreciate and respect any new resource that attempts to offer an insight into this unique theatrical process.
This companion package of Brook's "Hamlet" and the "Brook on Brook" documentary is no different. It actually presents an excellent and successful opportunity to study both a significant theatre production and an important theatre practitioner in Peter Brook.
I particular found Brook's Hamlet a moving and emotional performance that encouraged me to discover addition layers of meaning of this familiar play through Brook's interpretation. This Hamlet offers us a pared back view of the play, exploring what is the essence of the tale. There are numerous cuts to the full text that help to facilitate this retelling of the Hamlet fable. More importantly, this Hamlet offers us a practical chance to study how some of Brook's theories and ideas practically manifest within this theatrical/filmic production.
Personally, I loved this chance to get an insight into Brook's theatre brain. If you are a student of theatre rather than just a shakespeare lover, this DVD package is worth a go!
Summary of Hamlet By Brook / Brook By Brook
Theater director Peter Brook, renowned for his innovative and controversial stage plays (Marat/Sade; The Mahabharata), interprets Hamlet in a gripping, stripped-down production that highlights the tragic heart of the play. In the title role, Adrian Lester heads a stellar cast of the world's best actors; the international flavor to the cast adds a modern touch to this most famous of Shakespeare's plays. The documentary BROOK BY BROOK accompanies THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET. Directed by Brook's son, Simon, this video portrait offers an intimate look of the theater legend as only someone close to him could produce. Brook reveals many insights into life and work, including his unique techniques with acArt House & International DVD Video
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