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Ohio Impromptu (legendado em Português)

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Directed by Charles Sturridge, Ohio Impromptu, written in 1980,by Samuel Beckett opens with a figure clad in black with long white hair hiding his face and sitting on a white chair at a white table. There are two characters, the Reader and the Listener. The Reader, it emerges, is a mysterious messenger from someone now dead and once loved by the Listener. The book the Reader reads from tells the story of the Listener mourning right up until the last moment, when the story is told for the last time and "there is nothing left to tell." Throughout, the Listener not only listens but also regulates his companion's reading by knocking on the table with his hand in an attempt to ensure that this will not be the final telling of the tale.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: October 1, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Author: supersonical

Length: 10:30
Rating: 5.00
Views: 16078

Tags: beckett  Impromptu  irons  Jeremy  Ohio  samuel  

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Antoniosag (June 16, 2008 at 9:40 pm)
Simplesmente maravilhoso... Adorei!
critics1 (March 17, 2008 at 8:42 pm)
It is always wiser to follow Beckett's directions if one hasn't anything superior to offer (and as this production proves again, technology isn't the answer). The double Mr Irons is a promising start but without deep make-up work he is too young for the role on film (this is Beckett's last personal "impromptu" as an old dying soul before his last, final, parables) and Listener's over acting and Reader's glimpses (and the production's overall effort at beeing "meaningful") are just in vain.
major600 (February 9, 2008 at 12:31 am)
He's so good that even at the end when they're facing each other silently, you can still tell which one is pleading for comfort and which one looks back wishing he could offer some.
manconoo (January 22, 2008 at 10:55 am)
Hats off to Ireland for producing the greatest modern playwrite of our times-the inimitable,the brilliant aned devastatingly intelligence of Mr Samuel Beckett.
IlyssaS (December 26, 2007 at 5:22 am)
haha I was just thinking the same thing about the phone book. xD
kozmicaos (October 31, 2007 at 12:49 am)
I agree....it`s kind of magic.
littleladybird2112 (October 29, 2007 at 1:10 pm)
Absolutely agree!!!!!!!!!
MKDTAKO (July 15, 2007 at 7:40 pm)
i was watching this and my 3 year old nephew insisted on watching and sat down for the whole thing ive never seen him do that then he pointed the hat and coat and said is that the hat from the story is that the coat and i realized somthing that i did not realize the first time
Hafciarka (June 19, 2007 at 4:04 pm)
"nie ma hafciarka" - writing this sentence in youtube and watching polish film was a screening of dramas by Samuel Beckett.
wiskawind (April 5, 2007 at 11:39 am)
WOW This is wonderful, so glad I found it. BRAVO...BRAVO and I'm standing while I'm clapping! Love & Peace Wiskawind

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