tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post4797176744289128024..comments2023-09-27T15:30:59.041+01:00Comments on Pretty Pink Patty's Pictures: Marat/Sade (1966)Prettypinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951465374296834141noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5018214889197226815.post-20505060303511780912013-02-06T08:54:17.287+00:002013-02-06T08:54:17.287+00:00Filmed plays can present a problem and possibly sh...Filmed plays can present a problem and possibly should not be judged by the same criteria as films that started life as plays, e.g. Welles' 'Othello' and Olivier's<br />'Henry V'. When the film is deliberately meant as a<br />'true' record of the stage production keeping within the expected limits of the stage setting regardless of the<br />actual form used, the balance is changed but certain elements remain. What remain are the need for clarity of speech (I know this is not a necessary filmic criterion), meaningful positioning of the camera or cameras and appropriate editing. As you say, even allowing for probable deterioration of the copy used, there was much that annoyed and detracted from excellent lead performances. Forget for a moment the staging and think of the peculiarly<br />inept closeup work, the jumpiness of the cutting (if this was meant to suggest the madness of the inmates, it failed) and the incoherence of the camera<br />angles and you have, as you say, a bad film. Why there are so many near ecstatic comments on Imdb is a mystery.mgp1449https://www.blogger.com/profile/17285042777593974820noreply@blogger.com