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Aug 8, 2014 · A Master Builder. "A Master Builder" is the last cinematic collaboration from theater veterans Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn. While that may not seem like a big deal to most people, there are some movie lovers out there who will respond to that news with the kind of giddiness that a fanboy might feel toward a new "Star Wars" movie.
Jul 22, 2014 · Gregory and Demme have turned A Master Builder into (pardon my invoking the name of a Strindberg work) a dream play, and have made it once more madly, bitingly, chillingly alive. To get the ...
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- Extras 6/10
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Twenty years after their brilliant cinema-theater experiment Vanya on 42nd Street, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory reunited to produce another idiosyncratic film version of a classic play, this time Henrik Ibsen’s Bygmester Solness (Master Builder Solness). Brought pristinely to the screen by Jonathan Demme, this compellingly abstract reimagining ...
Jonathan Demme’s A Master Builder (a filmed version of Andre Gregory’s and Wallace Shawn’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play The Master Builder) makes its home video debut through The Criterion Collection, who present it on Blu-ray with a 1080p/24hz high-definition image on a dual-layer disc. The film features multiple aspect ratios: the opening an...
The film versions of Gregory’s and Shawn’s work before this film (both directed by Louis Malle) haven’t been overly dynamic in their audio presentations, but Demme gets a little more creative here, delivering the film with a fairly effective 5.1 surround track, presented in DTS-HD MA on this Blu-ray. Audio is excellent on the whole, with dialogue s...
Criterion has gathered a number of interviews together for this edition, providing a decent overview of the film, along with a retrospective of Shawn’s and Gregory’s work together, yet I couldn’t help but feel a little underwhelmed since it feels as though there could be so much more. The supplements begin with The Ibsen Project, a 34-minute conver...
In terms of presentation it’s a very nice release, presenting excellent video and audio. And though I appreciated all the information dealt out from the supplements about this rather fascinating project, I was still disappointed Demme wasn’t more involved in the supplements, along with the lack more scholarly material about the adaptation, the film...
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2020. The film's themes of guilt shine through, but the flawed final product makes A Master Builder frustrating to watch. Full Review | Original Score ...
Jul 21, 2014 · At times, A Master Builder feels too pleased with its artistic bona fides, and the cleverness of the various resonances is too neat and hermetic. It doesn’t emotionally open up in the fashion of Louis Malle’s collaborations with Shawn and André Gregory, so much as close in on itself, possibly locking the viewer out.
Rated: 3/5 Oct 27, 2020 Full Review C.J. Prince Way Too Indie The film's themes of guilt shine through, but the flawed final product makes A Master Builder frustrating to watch.
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Jun 22, 2014 · A Master Builder: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine, Lisa Joyce. A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
