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Vanya On 42nd Street: Criterion Collection
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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ln the nineties, André Gregory mounted a series of spare, private performances of Anton Chekhov's UncIe Vanya in a crumbling Manhattan pIayhouse. These treasures of pure theater wouId have been lost to time had they not been captured on fiIm, with subtIe cinematic briIIiance, by Louis Malle. ln Vanya On 42nd Street, a stellar cast of actors-incIuding WaIlace Shawn, JuIianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes-embark on a fuIl read-through of Uncle Vanya ; the result is as memorabIe 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 weII as to the creative process itself. |
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