The Trojan Women
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Katharine Hepburn, Patrick Magee, Vanessa Redgrave Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis Brand: Kino International Cinematographer: Alfio Contini Producer: Mihalis Kakogiannis Writer: Mihalis Kakogiannis Producer: Anis Nohra Producer: Josef Shaftel Writer: Edith Hamilton Writer: Euripides DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.66:1 Running Time: 105 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-09-14 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Model: 3762 Studio: Kino Video |
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Movie Reviews of The Trojan Women
Movie Review: Like old wine
Summary: 4 Stars
Like old wine this is a wonderful production of Euripides play, The Trojan Women. Controversial when it was first performed in 415BC, controversial when Michael Cacoyannis made it in 1971 in response to Greece's civil war it is still a powerful statement of the brutality of war and its victims. It's a star-studded cast led by the late great Katherine Hepburn, with unforgettable performances from Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Pappas and Genevieve Bujold. This is for connoiseurs not for those addicted to handheld cameras and fashion trends. It makes 'Troy' and 'Clash of the Titans' look like the trashy movies they are. It looks 'stagey' because it has kept faith with the original and used a Chorus of women, but once you accept that convention, the way you do when you go to the opera, and open yourself up to it, there is much to be moved by. Vanessa Redgrave, playing the tragic Andromache, wife to the great Trojan hero, Hector who Achilles killed, brings a cry of despair from beneath the earth through her body and out into the world that every time I watch the film my hair literally stands on end for the horror and pity of it all. One of those films you watch when you are looking for something meaty, not a souffle!