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Twelfth Night at the Movies: 1988

Sep 16, 2010 00:45

After far too long an absence, welcome back to Twelfth Night at the Movies! Today's Twelfth Night comes from 1988 and was directed by Kenneth Branagh, but shockingly, he does not appear onscreen. Almost twenty years have passed since the last installment of this series, but there is still plenty of bad hair in Illyria. Only now, most of it is ( Read more... )

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dontcrosscross October 4 2010, 05:20:46 UTC

EEW ANTONIO EEEEW :(((( DNW THAT. But awww, doofy Sebastian! And Viola, who maybe even cuter than Stubbs' Viola because she can pull off boyish sans stache. And Orsino here either looks like Kevin Kline's Bottom or his Jaques. Probably a little bit of both. Kevin Kline with long hair and a beard, anyway. Also, what is up with the rubbing? (Not sure what "exacting frenzy" means, and unhelpful footnotes are unhelpful.)

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bewareofitalics October 4 2010, 05:36:45 UTC

*cracks up* Love the macro! And yeah, poor, ugly Antonio. At least Sebastian doesn't seem to mind. (My edition says "my own most mind-withdrawing madness." I guess that works.)

theflutemaniac August 3 2016, 03:13:33 UTC

I think I've got a bit of a problem when I love this version of the film more than the Nunn version. XD Well...okay. There were certain aspects of this version (Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, because the two Jameses were the greatest comic duo out there, Feste in all of his drunken, depressed, bitter, cynical, short Gypsy glory, awkward fake-Cockney Fabian, some of the stagings, cute and goofy Sebastian, Briers's Malvolio, etc) that I liked more, but this little low-down is an absolute gem. It's so bloody accurate, and hilarious to boot ( ... )