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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: This DVD is a wonderful supplement to the play. Read the play first, then buy this DVD. You'll be shocked at how wonderfully portrayed the characters are, and how close they are the the characters you've conjured in your mind. One of the best plays written, a great description of the hearts and souls of humankind. As the intro says, it is a play for people with mature minds and sensitive hearts.
Rating:
Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: This DVD is a wonderful supplement to the play. Read the play first, then buy this DVD. You'll be shocked at how wonderfully portrayed the characters are, and how close they are the the characters you've conjured in your mind. One of the best plays written, a great description of the hearts and souls of humankind. As the intro says, it is a play for people with mature minds and sensitive hearts.
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Summary: Jason Robards makes the play!
Review: This film is worth owning for the classic performance of Jason Robards as the character Hickey - Robards was THE actor of Eugene O'neill's characters of his generation, and his performance electrifies what is otherwise a pretty good performance of O'Neill's great play. He can be watched over and over again, so this video has my bet as a good one to shell out for and own. Robards was also filmed playing Jamie in Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Hepburn and Ralph Richardson) and in a recording of O'Neill's short play, Hughie (somebody please bring that back in print!)- in both he's excellent.Some of the supporting cast are pretty good, but oddly (or no?) the one weak performance, in my view, is a very young Robert Redford as the young whimpering blackguard, Parrit.
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Summary: Passionate Iceman
Review: This filmed version of one of the most famous of all American stage plays contains dynamite performances from Jason Robarts as Hickey, a jovial if drunken traveling salesman, and from a young Robert Redford as Don Parritt, the troubled son of a dogmatic and free-loving anarchist woman (who does not appear in the play). The character of Larry, an ex-anarchist philosopher, however, didn't reach its potential; Larry is arguably the most central character but seemed muted in this film. Most supporting actors, however, are excellent. The viewer should know that the presentation is somewhat reduced from the original 4-1/2 hour script. The black-and-white film and crude set enhance the passion of this tragic work by the tortured Eugene O'Neill. O'Neill fans who know the play well may be amused by a few errors in the actors' lines.
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