Aquí os dejo su mediometraje Swan Song, de 1992, nominado al Oscar. Protagonizado por Sir John Gielgud, entonces nonagenario, y Richard Briers. Esta basado en una obrita corta de un acto de Chejov.
Aquí os dejo su mediometraje Swan Song, de 1992, nominado al Oscar. Protagonizado por Sir John Gielgud, entonces nonagenario, y Richard Briers. Esta basado en una obrita corta de un acto de Chejov.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Y aquí os dejo su film In The Bleak Midwinter (En lo más crudo del crudo invierno, 1995). Practicamente imposible de encontrar hoy en día, muy poco conocida, se editó en su día en DVD, y nunca más se supo. Con un presupuesto de 0,8 millones de dólares (ridículo), rodada en blanco y negro, se trata de una deliciosa comedia escrita (guión original) y dirigida por el mismo.
Se escribió específicamente para los actores que interpretan los papeles en la película (Branagh no aparece como actor).
Doyle no hace la música en esta ocasión pero tiene un cameo muy divertido en el film.
Joe Harper, un actor de teatro que no tiene trabajo desde hace tiempo, con la ayuda de su hermana Molly y de su agente Margaretta D’Arcy, quiere preparar una representación de Hamlet de William Shakespeare en un pueblecito del campo inglés, Hope, para salvar una iglesia desconsagrada que tiene que ser derribada. Como actores para la representación, se encuentra con una serie de personajes extravagantes con los cuales, después de muchos malentendidos iniciales, establece y hace establecer sólidas relaciones personales. Al fin Joe encontrará también el amor con Nina la actriz que personifica Ofelia.
Branagh ganó el León de Plata a mejor director en el festival de Venecia con este film, una carta de amor al mundo del teatro (y al bardo, claro).
Os dejo la copia digital en HD que se editó en USA hace unos pocos años, la mejor forma de ver esta película hoy por hoy. Por desgracia, carece de subtítulos, pero con tener un nivel medio de inglés es más que suficiente.
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 15/06/2023 a las 21:57
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Por cierto que En lo más crudo del crudo invierno ni siquiera sé si llegó a editarse en España. ¿Existe al menos un DVD patrio?.
PD: BruceTimm, Branagh pretendía que este film se viese como "entrante" de carácter ligero y divertido (dura poco más de 90 minutos), de su Hamlet, rodado el año siguiente.
Nunca lo he hecho, pero debe ser curioso: un programa doble con una comedia que versa en gran medida sobre Hamlet, y luego Hamlet en si misma.
Menuda experiencia.![]()
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
He encontrado esta copia del film en castellano:
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
"Hamlet is Bosnia. Hamlet is me.
"Hamlet is this desk. Hamlet is the air. Hamlet is my grandmother!"
"Can you fence?.
"I live to fence. In a sense, I fence to live."
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"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
BruceTimm:
I think the biggest problem with the (Mary Shelley´s Frankenstein) reviews was the the critics weren't familiar with the novel, and didn't realize how faithful Branagh's film was to it, in all its weird narrative choices. Aside from one single bold plot change during the finale (which I think works quite well), it's incredibly close to the book.
However, it's nothing like the older movies, which are really nothing like the book. I think critics expected something like the old black-and-white film, and were shocked by what they got, without realizing they were getting the novel, almost word-for-word.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
¿Sabíais que la BBC le encargó a Branagh en 1992, la producción de una versión radiofónica de Hamlet?. Le dio libertad completa para proceder como considerase. Y este es el resultado. La dejó aquí para quién domine el inglés y/o esté completamente familiarizado con la obra y tenga interés.
BBC Radio 3, 26 April 1992
Based on the First Folio, with additions and amendments from the Second Quarto.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
El reparto:
Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh
Claudius: Derek Jacobi
Gertrude: Judi Dench
Polonius: Richard Briers
Horatio: Michael Williams
Ophelia: Sophie Thompson
Laertes: James Wilby
First Gravedigger: Michael Elphick
Player King: Michael Hordern
Player Queen: Emma Thompson
Ghost: John Gielgud
Rosencrantz: Gerard Horan
Guildenstern: Christopher Ravenscroft
Osric: Richard Clifford
Fortinbras: James Simmons
Barnardo: Paul Gregory
Francesco: Alex Lowe
Marcellus: Andrew Jarvis
Second Gravedigger: Mark Hadfield
Voltemand: Shaun Prendergast
Gentlewoman: Abigail Reynolds
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Peinabombillas
Del it. peinar, bombilla.
1. adj. Dícese de aquel hombre que realiza actividades absurdas o faltas de razonamiento.
2. adj. coloq. Dicho de una persona: Que se comporta de forma similar o que evoca al cineasta James Gunn.
Buen reparto de voces.
Saludos
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
Esto si que es humor británico. Judi Dench (viuda de Michael Williams, que figura aquí) Derek Jacobi, Sir John Gielgud, Emma Thompson, su hermana Sophie Thompson (que también es actriz, lo que pasa es que optó por no abandonar nunca el mundo del teatro, en el que se siente muy cómoda). Hasta la pareja de Derek Jacobi desde hace 60 años esta ahí, Richard Clifford.
Si, definitivamente es un "buen" reparto.![]()
. Quizá demasiado nepotista, como se le suele achacar desde siempre a Branagh. Todos amigos suyos, mentores, conocidos y/o miembros de su compañia teatral. Y esto mismo lo hace en sus películas también.
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"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Bueno, se puede pensar que es una producción familiar.
Saludos
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
Más tarde, ese mismo año, Branagh interpretó el papel sobre las tablas en una producción de la Royal Shakespeare Company dirigida por Adrian Noble, quién ya lo había dirigido en los 80 en montajes de diversos autores, Shakespeare entre ellos, por supuesto.
¿Y cómo entró Branagh en la RSC sin tener un chavo?. Sir John Gielgud, presidente de la RADA en aquellos años, que lo había admitido para estudiar arte dramático por mediación de Derek Jacobi, quedó impresionado con su rendimiento y calificaciones, y le escribió una carta de recomendación.
Tuvo que trabajar duro para "perder" su acento irlandes.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Y mantiene el contacto y la relación años después, lo que no es nada común:
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
En un mes en Filmin estará disponible En lo más crudo del crudo invierno
https://www.filmin.es/pelicula/en-lo...crudo-invierno
Saludos
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Acabada de ver En lo más crudo del crudo invierno, solamente puedo decir que la película me ha maravillado, me ha cogido en volandas desde el primer momento (la escena de arranque es tremenda) y desde ahí me ha emocionado mucho (esa catarsis grupal) en alguna ocasión, ha hecho que me ría mucho más veces y he disfrutado de cada peripecia de ese reparto que se las ingenia para estrenar su Hamlet.
El reparto está espectacular y Branagh creo que está muy afilado en su escritura (que lo dicho consigue emocionar, pero también tira algunas pullas tremendas a la profesión) y la mar de solvente tras la cámara que sin hacer nada del otro mundo con la cámara (que diría que el presupuesto de la película no fue mucho más holgado que el de la obra) creo que consigue que haya vislumbrado una versión condensada de Hamlet emocionantísima. Y lo mejor es que unos años después hizo la versión, digamos, canónica, con gran parte de este reparto.
Saludos
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.