“An actor is seen as if through crystals. Inspiration in stages. One mustn’t let in too much literature.” Antonin Artaud The relationship between the audience and the actor in the world of theater is a regularly examined one, but the relationship between the play write and the actor is one that can be assumed to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
April
15
The Political Hearts of Children – Subtlenuance and the complex relationship with the child we were. (theatre review)
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April
15
Oblivion – Joseph Kosinski celebrates 70’s sci-fi. (film review)
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When the New York times reviewed Logan’s Run in 1976, it had this to say: Just why and for what particular purpose Logan makes his run is anything but clear after you’ve sat through nearly two hours of this stuff. Logan’s Run is less interested in logic than in gadgets and spectacle, but these are […]
April
10
An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow – Les Murray (Poetry article)
posted by lisathatcher
(Rainbow image taken from Princess Farhana Blog) I’ve been reading quite a bit of poetry lately – particularly a beautiful book of poetry by Peter Bakowski (review to follow) – and I got bitten by the Aussie poetry bug. I haven’t had such a love-bug-bite for a while, so I did a stroll around and […]
April
09
Trapped in Mykonos – Gravas Productions start with a Greek bang. (theatre review)
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In 406 BC Agamemnon is planning to set sail for Troy to redeem the bride of his brother Menelaus, from the arms of Paris, prince of Troy. He is stalled at the beach, his men are itchy with blood lust, and he is forced to make a decision about sacrificing his family for the glory […]
April
09
First Position – Bess Kargman and the complicated world of child dancers. (film review)
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Documentaries and film have a complex relationship – but then anything that wants to be associated with a representation of “the truth” has an equally tough time. Film, as we have explored many times on this blog is a manipulation medium and therefore statements have to be rich and complex if they are to avoid […]
April
02
Mike Cooper – White Shadows in the South Seas: Exotica for the dawn of a new age. (music review)
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When Arthur Lyman shouted those bird calls into the audience at the Shell Bar in 1951, he had no idea he was teetering drunk on the edge of a revolution. Not just a revolution in sound with the birth of Exotica, but a revolution with the discovery of Island Kitsch igniting a national mania for all […]
April
02
So Many Great Expectations – Mike Newell and the ninth version. (film review)
posted by lisathatcher
Great expectations has been adapted for screen nine times, and this count does not include the many television miniseries versions there have been, nor countless theater adaptations. Overall, it seems Dickens has been adapted for the screen almost 300 times, with A Christmas Carol being the most replicated of his stories. Dickens has had all of his work […]
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