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THE SEAGULL — Michael Mayer Interview

May 18, 2018 By 1 Comment

THE SEAGULL — Michael Mayer Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. There has not been a better filmed adaptation of Chekov’s THE SEAGULL than the one with which Michael Mayer has gifted us.  When we spoke on April 29, 2018, his insight into and passion for theater were evident, qualities that he brought to his adaptation. I was looking… Read More »

Tagged With: adaptation, Annette Benning, Chekov, Corey Stoll, directing, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Mayer, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Karam, THE SEAGULL, Tom Hulce

THE SINGING DETECTIVE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE SINGING DETECTIVE

Translating a first-rate concept from one medium to another is always a risky business, even a remake of a film carries with it the seeds of its own destruction as iconic stars and situations are recreated only to be endlessly compared to the original. Thus it is that THE SINGING DETECTIVE, so superb as a… Read More »

Tagged With: adaptation, BBC series, hospital, musical, psoriasis, skin disease

VANITY FAIR

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Mira Nair’’s telling of Thackery’’s classic, VANITY FAIR, is a lush, sprawling, sensual film that totters unevenly under the weight of its own ambition. It’’s an apt metaphor considering that its heroine, Becky Sharpe, has the same Achilles Heel. Blithely skipping through so many decades of necessity leads to a feeling of sketchiness in some… Read More »

Tagged With: adaptation, Bob Hoskins, book to screen, Mira Nair, narrative, Reese Witherspoon, Regency England, Vanity Fair, William Thackery

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