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fandomsecrets2012-10-13 03:21 pm
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(Anonymous) 2012-10-22 01:35 am (UTC)(link)I found the acting to be excellent and a lot of the mood choices very good, but I was complaining from a more filmic and cinematographic point of view, which is possibly unfair for the budget - but I was so surprised by the visual freshness and bold little touches in 'Richard II', that the rest looked very conventional in comparison.
On rewatching, the 'tiny band' speeches work within the context of *this* play, possibly ('in my opinion', obviously - a phrase that shouldn't need continual restating among thinking people, surely). I think, hm, that it's a little off to have such downbeat speeches in such a traditionally-shot-and-costumed setting.
Because the mythical Henry was such a hero to people that a 'classical' interpretation of the play, as I would make from this BBC brief, would contain more stir and trumpet in the Big Two speeches. The hushed and tired speeches here are excellent in their own way but I think I would have found them more suited to a modern-dress production, or another alternative directorial concept.
Now, I know that these things exist on a continuum and that this is not conceived as a plain 'bung the play on tape for schools to use' version, but maybe it means I should re-watch it as less straight than it looks? Thanks for bringing me to considering it that way.
Basically, 'Richard II' was so brilliant that everything else fell in its shade.