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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 playhouse. 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 MalIe's last, is a tribute to the pIaywright's devastating work as well as to the creative process itseIf. |
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