tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post8622627556708765524..comments2012-01-03T16:11:55.921-08:00Comments on Table Talk: Bob Ellis on film and theatre.: Shakespeare's BettersBob Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13593615480631787011noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-61758673781026042302011-12-15T23:56:33.126-08:002011-12-15T23:56:33.126-08:00To Doug Quixote:
Sorry, I'm told I can't ...To Doug Quixote:<br /><br />Sorry, I'm told I can't for copyright reasons put up Shakespeare In Italy on any website. There'll be a Sydney reading of it in January or February. If you want to read it before then my agents, Cameron Creswell, will send a copy of it to you by surface mail if you ask them for it.Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471297054273221512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-73311010554224649422011-12-15T22:23:32.672-08:002011-12-15T22:23:32.672-08:00I will try to put up the text of Shakespeare In It...I will try to put up the text of Shakespeare In Italy if my son, just backfrom Thailand, can master the technology. Expect it in a couple of hours.<br /><br />I think anyone who likes Tree of Life needs medical help.<br /><br />The final beach scene in heaven where everyone is alive again? Come on.Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471297054273221512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-43950807361973413222011-12-10T16:36:37.294-08:002011-12-10T16:36:37.294-08:00to Bob :
We await (with 'bated breath!) your ...to Bob :<br /><br />We await (with 'bated breath!) your rejected articles from the Drum. Their moderation seems rather haphazard at times, and what seem necessary rejoinders are casually discarded. <br /><br />Very few of my humour pieces get through, and Glenn Milne was a protected species from my "Mirror on the Wall" series. A recent "dialogue" between a "Man in Purple Robes" and Kevin Donnelly actually got published, against expectation. Who knows, the mods may secretly agree with me!<br /><br /><br />to JG Cole<br /><br />I really had no doubt of it, JG. Each of us have a style which comes to us like breathing; as I can hear a previously unheard piece of music, and say "that must be Vivaldi"; or "surely that is Mozart?". Ellis has his wonderful way with words, clearly identifiable, and yours is very individual too :)<br /><br />Haven't seen Tree of Life; Dr Google (and you) have piqued my interest, and I shall try to track it down.Doug Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123285022701537130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-15967635735632793342011-12-09T12:18:25.456-08:002011-12-09T12:18:25.456-08:00Doug Quixote - yes indeed, Kozintsev's renderi...Doug Quixote - yes indeed, Kozintsev's rendering is quite incredible and the two representations share similar....palettes and tempers. I chose the Brook primarily because of Scofield's performance. I believe his interpretation to be without peer or parallel. <br />It is interesting how you mentioned the "mind's eye version" - it has now, after so many years, come to pass that that performance shapes the way I see Lear, the way I think about Lear. For example, there is that final scene where Edgar eulogises......and the dead Lear slowly falls, slides, out of frame. I found it beyond all reckoning 25 years ago, I find it thus still.<br /><br />We had guests last night Doug and after they left and all others had retired I put on Malick's "Tree of Life". Perhaps it was the hour...or the beer and whiskey...perhaps it was simply me, but I was left quite astonished. I cannot seem to recall the last time I had seen...allegory...communicated in such a way. <br />Remarkable, quite remarkable. I shall linger long on its flaws and its delicacy, its naivety and its ambition.<br /><br />I have tried to confirm your suspicions on the Drum many, many times...however a capricious and often puerile moderation logic has prevented my disclosure. So I shall do it here - I am your old confederate (in most things) StaggerLee.<br />I should also point out that after a week or so of no publication under "J.G.Cole" (it appears I have been banned!!!!) I am now trying another pseudonym.<br /><br />Anyway, I look forward to your and Bob's thoughts on "Tree of Life".<br /><br />Cheers,J.G.Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187705683287854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-28032537826178851682011-12-07T22:11:14.296-08:002011-12-07T22:11:14.296-08:00To JG Cole :
I much preferred Korol Lir, the Kozi...To JG Cole :<br /><br />I much preferred Korol Lir, the Kozintsev/Boris Pasternak version. <br /><br />However that may be, I have studied, read and enjoyed King Lear since (just) before either version, and I still think that what I see in my mind's eye is the best version - as it is for The Lord of the Rings, despite Peter Jackson's monumental efforts. If only I could get it onto film . . .Doug Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123285022701537130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-35384669297977320662011-12-07T13:29:47.783-08:002011-12-07T13:29:47.783-08:00Doug, if you have the opportunity to see Peter Bro...Doug, if you have the opportunity to see Peter Brook's 1971 "King Lear" with Paul Scofield on dvd or video, do so.<br /><br />You will see nothing...more frightening.<br />I was left reeling....tears formed.J.G.Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187705683287854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-89541771278473990452011-12-06T01:28:40.440-08:002011-12-06T01:28:40.440-08:00Your case is that Shakespeare, whoever he was, was...Your case is that Shakespeare, whoever he was, was not perfect and that individual plays have been bettered. Cannot argue with that, but what makes Shakespeare great is his body of work, thirty five or so plays and some excellent sonnets. <br /><br />Interesting to note that Samuel Pepys writing in 1660 or so was only moderately impressed with the "old play" he saw. Shakespeare was lionised (and bowdlerised) by the Victorian era, and the great performances of the 20th century have seen our views of some of the characters set in stone, probably to our detriment.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br /><br />(PS where can I access the text of your play on Shakespeare?)Doug Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123285022701537130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677897272521986227.post-80197763399194638132011-11-30T12:30:35.255-08:002011-11-30T12:30:35.255-08:00Just came across this link in the comments section...Just came across this link in the comments section of an 'Unleashed' post. Wonderful to see more writing from you sir, in a different forum. Instantly bookmarked.Dannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798384197071991895noreply@blogger.com