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[davidhudson]

Happy 76th, David Hare.

#david hare #theater #cinema #film #movies #movie posters #movie poster

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Helen Mirren in the play, Teeth ’n’ Smiles’, 1975 – by Dennis Hart.

#helen mirren #1970s #dennis hart #black and white photography #monochrome #music #theatre #play #david hare #rock band

[sheiladelaney]

NICOLE KIDMAN in David Hare’s The Blue Room at the Donmar Warehouse, London, 1998.

#*mine #nicole kidman #theatreedit #david hare #theatre #theater #british theatre

[themarvellousmichaelbryant]

Review in Plays & Players by Andrew Rissik of 'King Lear' by William Shakespeare at the National Theatre in 1987. Photos by Nobby Clark. The cast included Anthony Hopkins as Lear, Michael Bryant as Gloucester, Bill Nighy as Edgar, Douglas Hodge as Edmund, Anna Massey as Goneril and Suzanne Bertish as Regan. It was directed by David Hare.

#michael bryant #king lear #earl of gloucester #william shakespeare #anthony hopkins #bill nighy #douglas hodge #anna massey #suzanne bertish #national theatre #david hare #1987 #plays and players

[notasapleasure]

Behind the Beautiful Forevers, National Theatre (2015)

David Hare's adaptation of Katherine Boo's book about a Mumbai slum. It follows various people and their interconnected stories, and Joplin is one of those playing multiple characters in the play: Sub-Inspector Shankar, the Prosecutor, and an unnamed extra.

First off, just a warning for anyone who might need it, as Sub-Inspector Shankar is not above committing a little light torture to get the results he wants. The story is pretty heavy too - there's self-immolation, suicide and violence.

And yeah, I am just here taking my little screenshots, and I am not above saying a uniform can look good on the right body even when said body is wielding a stick or belt as an instrument of torture. But you all know that from these blog posts already... First watch was for going oof at the story, second watch was just for going mad taking screencaps.

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Oh HI Assad Zaman! He has a motorbike.

He.....oh dear. He had a very bad time as Deepak Rai, aka Kalu. Brutally murdered for breaking into the airport grounds to steal metal. (but he also turns up as a number of other characters)

Hmmmm hello Mr Officer Sir. That IS a moustache!! Sub-Inspector Shankar Yeram aka Fishlips 🙃 (I'm not making it up!)

He wants to keep the murder rates low! Get the certificates, look after his kids....just say the murder victim was suspected of having TB, the coroner will know what to do. Tell the other pickers he was murdered though, we wanna keep them scared!

Among the British actors putting on their Indian accents, he's at least doing a posher one but umm. If you know he's a Cockney you still know.

Holy SHIT did he just pick up Sunil the picker one-handed skdjdjjfjfjff 💀

The problem is I'm trying to have critical thoughts and then it's just 'HURRR. LOOK HOW BIG HE IS.'

Oh no, torturing a man for evidence is bad for his back :(

"Can you tell me what they've been charged with?"

"Yes, I can." 😐🤌

The tick of pulling the trousers up is splendid. The moustache is glorious. The bribery by tiffin is kind of charming. But the accent....bb it's not your best :') I guess it's a struggle to project and do this accent together?

Beginning of the second act (the rains have arrived - hence hat).

He sort of takes pity on the woman whose eldest son, husband and daughter have been jailed for beating a woman who then self-immolated (which they didn't do). I say sort of, because money and tiffins are very much involved, but he helps get Abdul a school certificate to ensure he'll go to juvie rather than adult prison.

As an aside, the second act hits SO much harder. The audience laughter is rarer, quieter, more nervous - in the first half it often made me uncomfortable, like the characters were grotesques to be laughed at. The themes come together too - younger generations who have seen either tenuous opportunity or brutal reprisal based on their parents' approach to getting on, asking themselves why they have to act 'dishonourably' or unjustly to improve their lot. And their parents standing by the hard work they've put in - whatever the cost - in order to improve things for their families.

Probably my least finest hour was trying to get a shot of Joplin's butt dancing in the background while Meena is in agony from the rat poison she's taken.

But if you do watch the play - and I really do recommend it - fair warning that Meena and Manju's interactions will wreck you, even if nothing else does (and there's plenty else that should).

THE MOUSTACHE IS GONE

He's now the lawyer for the prosecution (against the Husseins for Fatima's death).

LIES! DAMNATION AND LIES!

gosh isn't he big though.

I think the accent is better without the moustache?

They still have him hauling bits of stage around in his suit :') And once you're on the look out for him in the unnamed role in between scenes as the copper and the lawyer he's on stage quite a lot. But the cast is large and the story is dense, so if you do watch, be aware that focussing on Joplin will make the story near-incomprehensible and in focussing on the story you might miss a lot of his background appearances. Which is why I'm glad I watched twice :)

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Rating

Dead? Nope! Not one version!

Evil? Nearly everyone in the play is morally compromised and sees the bribes and the selfishness simply as the only way of surviving with the hand life has dealt them. It's worse from the professional classes because of the additional power they wield, as you'd expect, and though S-I Shankar does what he does for his children's education, one feels he does relish it somewhat, too.

Affects the plot? He does indeed!

It took a while to warm on me, but the second act really made it all come together, and re-watching with a better idea of the characters and themes was really satisfying. The performances all round are great. And on a thoroughly basic note, the uniform is hot, the suit is well-fitted, and yes there was that time he picked up a dude one-handed. 3/5. The speaking roles he has really aren't nice people, looks notwithstanding, and the accent...not his best.

There are shitloads more screencaps too, but I couldn't be bothered to knit them together tonight - when I've watched the last three plays I'll set up a fan blog and a google drive with all of them in for people to take and use as they want.

#adventures in joplin sibtain's imdb page #joplin sibtain #chook sibtain #behind the beautiful forevers #ntathome #national theatre #david hare #katherine boo

[mariocki]

#the roads to freedom #jean paul sartre #1970 #classic tv #david hare #oh this is a very good piece #spoiler warning for trtf tho

[movie--posters]

#meryl streep #movie poster #movie posters #film #films #ian mckellen #tracey ullman #fred schepisi #ian baker #david hare #sting #sting musician #drama

[betterinthedarkblog]

Life's real. Isn't it?

Anton Chekhov, THE SEAGULL (trans. David Hare)

#Anton Chekhov #the seagull #david hare #playwriting #theatre #quotes #theatrical quotes #drama #theater #new plays #chekhov

[nancy-laura-spungen]

‘There is no comfort. Our lives dismay us. We have dreams of leaving and it is the same for everyone I know.’

- David Hare

#david hare #depression #major depressive disorder #anxiety #mental health

[wellconstructedsentences]

There it is. Not just a wall. A wall would be a fact. But this wall is a philosophy...

Wall by David Hare

#wall #david hare

[ronnydeschepper]

Vijftien jaar geleden: première van "The Reader"

Een andere film die vijftien jaar geleden in première is gegaan is “The Reader” van Stephen Daldry, op basis van de gelijknamige Duitse roman uit 1995 van Bernhard Schlink, met in de hoofdrollen Kate Winslet en Ralph Fiennes. Het was de laatste film voor producenten Anthony Minghella en Sydney Pollack, die beiden stierven vóór de release. Continue reading Untitled

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#Anthony Minghella #Bernhard Schlink #David Hare #David Kross #Kate Winslet #Ralph Fiennes #Stephen Daldry #Sydney Pollack

[davidhudson]

Happy 75th, David Hare.

#david hare #theater #playwriting

[duchessofearlgrey]

David Hare, African Night. Acrylic and collage on canvas

#David Hare

[teacherscrapbook]

#Macbeth #Radio 3 The Essay #David Hare

[spryfilm]

Blu-ray review: “Damage” (1992)

“Damage” (1992) Drama Running Time: 111 minutes Written by: David Hare Directed by: Louis Malle Featuring: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves, Ian Bannen and Leslie Caron Anna Barton: “What would you win by leaving Ingrid?” Dr. Stephen Fleming: “You. I’d win you.” Anna Barton: “Then you’d win something you already have.” “Damage” is a 1992 erotic drama film…

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#bluray #bluray review #damage #damage bluray #damage bluray review #damage film #David Hare #imprint #imprint bluray #jeremy irons #Juliette Binoche #Leslie Caron #Louis Malle #Miranda Richardson #Review #Rupert Graves

[cinesludge]

Movie #54 of 2023: Denial

Deborah Lipstadt: “Now, some people are saying that the result of this trial will threaten free speech. I don’t accept that. I’m not attacking free speech. On the contrary, I’ve been defending it against someone who wanted to abuse it. Freedom of speech means you can say whatever you want. What you can’t do is lie, and then expect not to be held accountable for it. Not all opinions are equal. And some things happened, just like we say they do. Slavery happened, the Black Death happened. The Earth is round, the ice caps are melting, and Elvis is not alive.”

#denial #biography #drama #mick jackson #deborah lipstadt #david hare #howard shore #haris zambarloukos #justine wright #english #german #hebrew #red epic dragon #anamorphic #2016 #54