Whenever a play gets adapted into a film, the first thing people want to look at is how it "opens up" the play, so it feels less "stagey" and is not just a couple of actors in a room talking. If a film decides not to open it up and stick to the long scene structure of people talking, people will often slam the film for not being cinematic. This has never been a criticism I agree with. I have almost no problems with a director filming a play in a "stagey" way. It is the way the piece was written. I actually notice it more if the play is opened up for the sake of opening it up. Some of my favorite scenes in film history are just people sitting in rooms and talking. I fear this will be a heavy criticism leveed against Liv Ullman's adaptation of Miss Julie.
- 10/27/2014
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
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