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Saw the NT Live's Frankenstein last night
Apr. 15th, 2011 03:18 pmI went and signed up for updates from National Theatre Live. Y'all so have to sign up for NT live and check your local venues for showtimes.
I got to see "Frankenstein" (why do I always switch the i and the e?) in Dallas Texas at the Angelika last night. It was performed in the UK and filmed so that it could be broadcast around the world. Isn't that a great concept? Technology can be wonderful! I've 'liked' NT on facebook. I have to go look at the digital program for Frankenstien online. (Dang I did it again!)
Just before the film (broadcast?) they had interviews with Danny Boyle (director), Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. (I've seen BC in Sherlock and I think I definitely have a small crush on BC.)
In this play BC and JLM alternately play the Creature and Frankenstein. I saw the one where BC plays Frankenstein and JLM was the Creature.
BC played the eccentric genius Victor Frankenstein a little like how he played Sherlock. Except Sherlock's a bit more, well, eccentric? Autistic? Something? Victor is a lot more composed, but has a tendency to space out when talking about his studies. I love how the actor playing Elizabeth had her respond to Victor when he would start studying her like she was some sort of experiment specimen. LOL!
I remember JLM saying that there was a lot of his two year old in the Creature. I could see it in the way the Creature struggled to walk and stand, tried to eat grass, and the way he kept asking questions of the old blind man. The old man was talking about spring, and the Creature kept asking "Why?"
Also in the way the Creature repeated "Bugger off!" and "Piss off!" Just like a kid who doesn't really know what those words mean.
I also noticed in little shots of the rehearsal, where the director was talking, that BC slouches or slumps a lot when he's not performing. I don't know why I found that so cute.
I love the stage set up. The stage could rotate and tilt. Parts of it would lower while another part would rise up. And then stuff could be lowered from the ceiling onto the stage.
I think there's a similar stage here in the states as they used it for Les Miserables.(sp?) (It was shown on PBS.) Does anyone know where that sort of stage is in the US?
It was great to see and well worth the $20. I wish that the Angelika was showing it again, I would so pay to see it again.
I would love to see BC as the Creature (provided my brain didn't melt into mush at the sight of him nearly nekkid. *droooool* ) In the interviews, BC said he studied stroke and brain injury victims who were trying to re-learn how to walk, move, talk, etc., again.
So I was thinking that his Creature might have moved differently from JLM's Creature.
I so hope they put it on DVD. It would be great to see how differently BC and JLM do Frankenstein and the Creature.
I want the DVD NOW!
Oh, I noticed that when Frankenstein was handling a gun, BC had serious gun handling!fail. He really needs some lessons in how to handle a gun as if it was a real loaded weapon. I know it's a prop and was probably not even loaded with blanks, but I kept wincing. He waved it around a bit too much, and Elizabeth would have certainly been in the line of fire. It also got a bit too close to his head for a supposedly loaded gun. Someone in the audience kept snickering at BC's gun!fail which might have ruined the moment for some folks.
I realize that since BC is from the UK, so there probably isn't much opportunity for him to learn proper gun handling procedures. If they do more "Sherlock" episodes their gun expert so needs to sit him down and teach him. I mean really, it would keep some of us from laughing at 'tense' moments in the play/film. (I'm still laughing over BC having Sherlock scratch his head with the butt of the 'loaded' SIG in "Sherlock.")
Anyway, go check www.ntlive.com!
I got to see "Frankenstein" (why do I always switch the i and the e?) in Dallas Texas at the Angelika last night. It was performed in the UK and filmed so that it could be broadcast around the world. Isn't that a great concept? Technology can be wonderful! I've 'liked' NT on facebook. I have to go look at the digital program for Frankenstien online. (Dang I did it again!)
Just before the film (broadcast?) they had interviews with Danny Boyle (director), Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. (I've seen BC in Sherlock and I think I definitely have a small crush on BC.)
In this play BC and JLM alternately play the Creature and Frankenstein. I saw the one where BC plays Frankenstein and JLM was the Creature.
BC played the eccentric genius Victor Frankenstein a little like how he played Sherlock. Except Sherlock's a bit more, well, eccentric? Autistic? Something? Victor is a lot more composed, but has a tendency to space out when talking about his studies. I love how the actor playing Elizabeth had her respond to Victor when he would start studying her like she was some sort of experiment specimen. LOL!
I remember JLM saying that there was a lot of his two year old in the Creature. I could see it in the way the Creature struggled to walk and stand, tried to eat grass, and the way he kept asking questions of the old blind man. The old man was talking about spring, and the Creature kept asking "Why?"
Also in the way the Creature repeated "Bugger off!" and "Piss off!" Just like a kid who doesn't really know what those words mean.
I also noticed in little shots of the rehearsal, where the director was talking, that BC slouches or slumps a lot when he's not performing. I don't know why I found that so cute.
I love the stage set up. The stage could rotate and tilt. Parts of it would lower while another part would rise up. And then stuff could be lowered from the ceiling onto the stage.
I think there's a similar stage here in the states as they used it for Les Miserables.(sp?) (It was shown on PBS.) Does anyone know where that sort of stage is in the US?
It was great to see and well worth the $20. I wish that the Angelika was showing it again, I would so pay to see it again.
I would love to see BC as the Creature (provided my brain didn't melt into mush at the sight of him nearly nekkid. *droooool* ) In the interviews, BC said he studied stroke and brain injury victims who were trying to re-learn how to walk, move, talk, etc., again.
So I was thinking that his Creature might have moved differently from JLM's Creature.
I so hope they put it on DVD. It would be great to see how differently BC and JLM do Frankenstein and the Creature.
I want the DVD NOW!
Oh, I noticed that when Frankenstein was handling a gun, BC had serious gun handling!fail. He really needs some lessons in how to handle a gun as if it was a real loaded weapon. I know it's a prop and was probably not even loaded with blanks, but I kept wincing. He waved it around a bit too much, and Elizabeth would have certainly been in the line of fire. It also got a bit too close to his head for a supposedly loaded gun. Someone in the audience kept snickering at BC's gun!fail which might have ruined the moment for some folks.
I realize that since BC is from the UK, so there probably isn't much opportunity for him to learn proper gun handling procedures. If they do more "Sherlock" episodes their gun expert so needs to sit him down and teach him. I mean really, it would keep some of us from laughing at 'tense' moments in the play/film. (I'm still laughing over BC having Sherlock scratch his head with the butt of the 'loaded' SIG in "Sherlock.")
Anyway, go check www.ntlive.com!
