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Vanya On 42nd Street: Criterion Collection
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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In the nineties, André Gregory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan pIayhouse. These treasures of pure theater would have been lost to time had they not been captured on film, with subtIe cinematic brilliance, by Louis MalIe. In Vanya On 42nd Street, a steIlar cast of actors-including WaIlace Shawn, JuIianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes-embark on a fulI read-through of Uncle Vanya ; the result is as memorable and emotional a screen version of Chekhov's masterpiece as one could ever hope to see. This fiIm, which turned out to be MalIe's Iast, is a tribute to the pIaywright's devastating work as well as to the creative process itself. |
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