Her death was performed in ritualized fashion, as she lay on the stage floor and was gradually lowered beneath the stage by. Last year the london stage was treated to an electrifying medea and an intelligent, refreshing electra, at the national and the old vic respectively. Antigone at the barbican 2015 directed by ivo van hove. With juliette binoche, obi abili, patrick okane, kirsty bushell. Ivo van hove is the director to follow though, and his scenic skill never fails. In defiance of the law of the king her uncle, antigone heroically holds to the calling of a more sublime decree no matter what the price in the world of the flesh. I how, like clinging ivy, the growth of stone subdued her. Antigone at the barbican 2015 letterboxd social film. Mar 05, 2015 juliette binoche in antigone at the barbican. She has joined forces with the feted belgian director ivo van hove, the man responsible.
Now shes back at the barbican, tackling one of the great roles of greek drama sophocles antigone. Antigone is a tragedy by sophocles written in or before 441 bce. Antigone at the barbican en streaming hd fr voir film. Mar 08, 2015 the visual life is stunning and harrowing with the beautiful film sequences throughout, though the final film and image is a bit cliche and disappointing. For tickets and more information, see the barbican website. Other tv adaptations of antigone have starred irene worth 1949 and dorothy tutin 1959, both broadcast by the bbc. Barbicans theatre and dance january to june 2019 full programme. Juliette binoche captures the agony of greek tragedys most provocative heroine.
Antigone is at the barbican, london until 28 march. Mar 06, 2015 antigone becomes a plea for pluralism in ivo van hoves new staging. But it doesnt match the radiant intelligence of her best film work. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Antigone at the barbican tv movie 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A continuation from oedipus at colonnus, it follows. A continuation from oedipus at colonnus, it follows antigone, the daughter of oedipus wishing to bury her dead brother, yet is stopped by her uncle kreon. This production was broadcast as a tv move on april 26, 2015. Antigone runs at the barbican theatre until 28 march 2015 before touring internationally. In thebes, antigone has refuted king kreons patrick okane order. Cameras exclusively capture the oscarwinning french actress juliette binoche playing the title role in sophocless tale of family loyalty, courage and. No score yet, antigone at the barbican, actor, 2015.
Blue and les amants du pontneuf takes on one of the greatest roles in the history of drama. Now its the turn of the barbican to unleash the formidable force of greek tragedy upon us, switching from euripedes to sophocles and a heroine who, compared to those others, is a purehearted innocent. Mar 05, 2015 now shes back at the barbican, tackling one of the great roles of greek drama sophocles antigone. Winthrop high school media department 19,659 views. Based on a stage production that played the edinburgh festival and londons barbican theatre and filmed at the barbican, ivo van hoves revival of antigone in a new translation by anne carson offered a chilling comment on despotism and its consequences. Now she is taking on one of big beasts of classical greek theatre sophokles antigone, the girl who decides to bury her brother polyneikes in. As part of a starstudded 2015 season at the barbican, juliette binoche will join the likes of the supertalented obi abili, kirsty bushell, samuel edwardcook, finbar lynch, patrick okane and kathryn pogson in ivo van hoves revival of sophocles antigone. Speaking as much to the audience viewers as the other characters, she outlined the reasons for her decision. Apr 26, 2015 directed by ivo van hove, tim van someren. Cameras exclusively capture the oscarwinning french actress juliette binoche playing the title role in sophocless tale of family loyalty, courage and tragedy. Whs drama society presents antigone 2017 metg finals winner duration. Antigone at the barbican was a 2015 filmedfortv version of a production at the barbican directed by ivo van. You can believe what you want but i shall bury him. A background for antigone, by jane montgomery griffiths, 28 august 2015.
Angry now i will neither beg you nor would i be happy to accept your help, even if you had offered it to me. As antigone, binoche came across as someone more than willing to place personal feelings above political loyalty, even if it meant a willing acceptance of death. Jul 30, 2015 antigone was performed as part of the 2015 edinburgh international festival. Antigone becomes a plea for pluralism in ivo van hoves new staging. This is london magazine indy100 install our apps voucher codes.
Antigone at the barbican juliette binoche plays the title role in sophocless tale of family loyalty, courage and tragedy in the barbican s visionary english language translation. Freshly adapted by poet anne carson and directed by flemish visionary ivo van hove for the barbican london, this is definitely one of the hot tickets in. Juliette binoche stars in a strangely unmoving greek tragedy. Binoche compares the antigone clash to the recent controversy over the burial of the perpetrators of the charlie. Antigone at the barbican tv movie 2015 antigone at the. My death will be sweet once i bury him, because ill be lying next him in the underworld, having committed such a sacred crime. In practice, however, it turns out to be an undeniably impressive but strangely. Mar 14, 2015 a new translation by anne carson, directed by ivo van hove, antigone is at the barbican centre in london until 28 march 2015. Antigone at the barbican was a 2015 filmedfortv version of a production at the barbican directed by ivo van hove.
Satin island the book satin island is published by jonathan cape. Though she was the darling of the 1985 cannes film festival, binoche did not gain true international. In antigone at bam, agony and despair in inexorable. Vast monochrome videoscapes of sun and moon, sand and snow provide the backdrop to van hoves taut, unsentimental account of a woman who, as removed from life as she is from death, ends up taking. Sep 28, 2015 but the rhythmic relentlessness of mr. And there is a perhaps unfair pressure on binoche, as a film star, to pull off miracles. It symbolises antigones antipathy towards the authority of her uncle, king kreon, who has prompted. The national theatre produced an excellent version in 2012, with jodie whittaker as the eponymous hero, and. A production of antigone starring juliette binoche, from a translation by anne carson, opens this week. The barbican s visionary new english language translation by ts eliot prizewinning poet and classicist anne carson is directed by renowned belgian theatre director ivo van hove. Antigone is playing at the barbican until 28 march. Antigone at the barbican 2015 the movie database tmdb.
In greek mythology, antigone is the daughter of oedipus and either his mother jocasta or. No teams 1 team 2 teams 3 teams 4 teams 5 teams 6 teams 7 teams 8 teams 9 teams 10 teams custom press f11 select menu option view enter fullscreen for fullscreen mode. Barbican, london there is perhaps unfair pressure on binoche to pull off miracles in ivo van hove. Teamed up with the french actress juliette binoche by londons barbican center, the belgian director turns sophocless. This documentary film shows stephen petronio company and former members of merce cunningham dance company rehearsing cunninghams rainforest. Yorgos tzavellas adapted the play into a 1961 film which he also directed. It would be it is more powerful, more moving, more reverberate on its own and in the flesh, dead or alive. Antigone with juliette binoche at the barbican theatre. Binoche herself as the blackclad antigone, alternately murmurs and screeches her.
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