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A Master Builder. 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 ).
Starring Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce. 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”).
- Synopsis
- Picture 8/10
- Audio 8/10
- Extras 6/10
- Closing
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...
A Master Builder is a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen 's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and Andre Gregory.
Aug 5, 2014 · The Criterion Collection has sprung for Jonathan Demme's A Master Builder, which the prestigious home vid label will add to its library.
Jun 17, 2015 · When Solness’s rival turned right-hand man, Knut Brovik (Gregory), comes to plead for help on behalf of his son, Ragnar (Jeff Biehl)—an aspiring master builder who has been an indispensable aid to Solness—the unregenerate megalomaniac squelches the old fellow’s hopes.
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 ...
