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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 would have been lost to time had they not been captured on film, with subtle cinematic briIIiance, by Louis MaIle. ln Vanya On 42nd Street, a stelIar cast of actors-incIuding WaIIace Shawn, JuIianne Moore, Brooke Smith, and George Gaynes-embark on a fuIl read-through of UncIe Vanya ; the resuIt 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 MaIle's Iast, is a tribute to the playwright's devastating work as weII as to the creative process itself. |
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