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The Tragedy of Macbeth at the Almeida Theatre was live streamed from October 27-30. We chat about Saoirse Ronan’s and James McArdle’s dynamite performances in Macbeth, the show’s staging, and its attempts to give livestreamed theatre a cinematic look.
Matthew Warchus’ innovative split-screen version of filmed Old Vic live In Camera performance of Lungs reminded us of another relationship two-hander presented in split screen, Hans Canosa’s 2005 film Conversations With Other Women. Our podcast considers how both use split screen technique in opposite ways to create a strong emotional impact.
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This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and Editor-at-Large Mary Angela Rowe.
Alex saw the production of Lungs In Camera on July 1; Orla saw it on July 3; Mary Angela saw the production on July 4.
The Old Vic relaunched their 2019 production of Lungs, directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith for Old Vic: In Camera. The In Camera series staged the play with actors remaining two metres apart on stage and limited to 1000 tickets per live stream (the capacity of the Old Vic). Lungs ran from June 28 to July 4. Lungs, written by Duncan Macmillan, is about a young middle class couple considering the impact of having a family in a world facing environmental crisis.
Conversations With Other Women (Hans Canosa, 2005) stars Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter as a divorced couple meeting at a wedding reflecting on their relationship. The film was shot in split-screen, keeping one camera on each actor for the running time.
Roads to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt’s broken American dreams is an ebook that will take you on a journey through Reichardt’s filmography.
It’s also the only place you can find interviews with her and all her collaborators, which together reveal Reichardt’s filmmaking process like never before.