Roman thanks so much for posting this wonderful snippet with the delightful Rosemary Harris and my favourite Laurence Olivier I own the dvd but to have a cameo to view is pure magic ☺
Everything is excellent, especially Olivier's directing. He is truly Chekhov's director. The only petty is he is 21 years older than written Astrov, but his excellent performance as an actor and director makes it irrelevant.
This was great up until the 8:46 mark when to huge boxes promoting playlists stomped all over it. :-( I wish the editor would have considered fading the clip to black, then having a few seconds of black background AFTER the scene for these promotion boxes... but thanks for posting it anyway.
+UK2AK Thanks for your comment and for your extremely useful and constructive feedback. I better get rid of the bloody boxes on this video. They are not of much use here any way.
Three quick things: 1. It's amazing how humbly you took my comment. You seem like someone I'd love to know. -- that ANYONE would love to know. 2. Thanks for not blasting me over my embarrassing use of "to" instead of "two." I need more sleep. 3. I can't believe you got rid of those boxes already! You didn't have to, but what a great thing you did for us. Thanks again, Roman. You're a class act.
Thank you for your immensely kind words. You are too kind, but I have to admit that it was a great pleasure to get this lovely message from you. Actually I don't think that I have done something extraordinary. To my mind, It was just a normal thing to do in the situation. The channel is for the viewers, not for me, and I really have to respect their opinion. Snubbing them would be silly and arrogant. And in my turn I have to thank you for not blasting me over the peculiar gap that I placed in the middle of "any way". More sleep is definitely what we all need. If there is anything else I could do, you know how to get in touch with me ) Thanks again for your very helpful comments.
+carolejander You are much too kind Carole! Thank you so very much for your words. It's always nice to find out that somebody appreciates the things you do.
This is idiotic. Chekhov never would have liked this. As Astrov talks, she is so distracted (why? she's told Sonya that Astrov is a very special man, and that she enjoys listening to him) and yet he appears not to notice but keeps blathering, as if he's a mental case himself and can't see who he's talking to. I adore Olivier but the directing here has really put him in an impossible position. Why do stagings of Chekhov so often violate the simplest rules of human behavior and conduct? Why do they have to contradict the text itself, when everything is quite clear in the text? Why does everyone have to "improve" Chekhov by simply ignoring what he put on the page? A miffed viewer, Marc Vincenti
Your English is excellent! Am I'm glad there's another person out there interested in Chekhov. Ah, we see totally different scripts-but that is life, no? I see the characters as unhappy, as you see them-in other words, they're as dissatisfied by life as most other human beings-but, also like most of us, are fighting like crazy to find happiness and meaning. Astrov through his work as a physician and environmentalist, the professor through his writing and yelling at others that they ought to feel sorry for him, Yelena through building her friendship with Sonya and testing her own feelings of love, Vanya by throwing over the voluntary "servitude" (to the professor) that he's been in all his life, Sonya by working and having faith and pursuing Astrov..and so forth. I've never felt they did any more daydreaming than all the rest of us (nowadays our daydreams are all via our smartphones). And I guess we are all a little in love with the idea of love, no?-hoping it will somehow rescue us? But I think Chekhov feels for all these people less because they're unhappy than because they're struggling. All to well, having come from poverty, and suffering tuberculosis most of his adult life, he knew what it meant to struggle. Thank you for writing! Your understanding and your English are actually quite good, and welcome! Marc Vincenti
Olivier was the director. But I agree with you, and the problem is much greater with productions of today where individual agendas are more important than the text.
@jw zacher my opinion - Astrov is Chekhov. Yelena is a puppet he manipulates as the author and the character. She almost realises the situation she is in "maybe I have to" and I just figured out she takes the pencil fr Astrov because that is what Chekhov/Astrov created her with. Ta-da!
Marc Vincenti, oh my sweet god, are you actually trying to justify your own idiotic opinion, tell me, is this all you do with your life, you clearly have no theatrical training, and you make the same point in every video. You clearly have no fixed opinion on Chekhov and write the same lacklustre review in order to seem somewhat ‘awoken by artistic drivel’. How dare you insult Laurence Olivier. Also, judging by your Italian surname, I must inform you, your country of origin and ancestry, provides some of the worst actors and play writes ever born. Marc, nobody gives a shit about your copy and paste reviews.
Ah...one of the Wonders of the 20 t h Century ! The voice of Olivier.
Roman thanks so much for posting this wonderful snippet with the delightful Rosemary Harris and my favourite Laurence Olivier I own the dvd but to have a cameo to view is pure magic ☺
My pleasure, as always, my pleasure )
Stupendous Performance.. Remembered Forever
Thanks for uploading! It's quite a rare gem to see.
thanks so much for this.
Everything is excellent, especially Olivier's directing. He is truly Chekhov's director. The only petty is he is 21 years older than written Astrov, but his excellent performance as an actor and director makes it irrelevant.
I hope Olivier takes your notes it can help him perfect his amateur performance
@@grad_and_sad9474 Gosh!!! You do have great skills! Vote for Pedro!
I would sacrifice genius for age any day.
Smashing scene between two artists at their acme - where's the entire thing?!?
Fab Sir Larry.
Masterclass ¡¡¡¡¡ thanks
It is a shame the Lawrence Olivier filmed version of my favorite play Strindbergs The Dance of Death has never been released on Home Video??!!!
My favorite performance of Olivier and for me his best is in Fire Over England. Yours, my friends?
My favorite performance of his has long been James Tyrone in 'Long Day's Journey' but this one and Othello are certainly up there as well.
do you know where can I watch the production of Long Day's Journey into Night starring Olivier?
Othello.
This was great up until the 8:46 mark when to huge boxes promoting playlists stomped all over it. :-( I wish the editor would have considered fading the clip to black, then having a few seconds of black background AFTER the scene for these promotion boxes... but thanks for posting it anyway.
+UK2AK Thanks for your comment and for your extremely useful and constructive feedback. I better get rid of the bloody boxes on this video. They are not of much use here any way.
Three quick things:
1. It's amazing how humbly you took my comment. You seem like someone I'd love to know. -- that ANYONE would love to know.
2. Thanks for not blasting me over my embarrassing use of "to" instead of "two." I need more sleep.
3. I can't believe you got rid of those boxes already! You didn't have to, but what a great thing you did for us.
Thanks again, Roman. You're a class act.
Thank you for your immensely kind words.
You are too kind, but I have to admit that it was a great pleasure to get this lovely message from you.
Actually I don't think that I have done something extraordinary. To my mind, It was just a normal thing to do in the situation. The channel is for the viewers, not for me, and I really have to respect their opinion. Snubbing them would be silly and arrogant.
And in my turn I have to thank you for not blasting me over the peculiar gap that I placed in the middle of "any way". More sleep is definitely what we all need.
If there is anything else I could do, you know how to get in touch with me )
Thanks again for your very helpful comments.
Roman Styran we are lucky to have your wonderful channel I for one really appreciate your efforts
+carolejander You are much too kind Carole! Thank you so very much for your words. It's always nice to find out that somebody appreciates the things you do.
Rosemary Harris talks a lot like Joan Greenwood.
I cant believe if she is Aunt may
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Amazing fact
Nice proof that a great cast can pull off anything, even Chekhov's intense silliness.
Aunt May
This is idiotic. Chekhov never would have liked this. As Astrov talks, she is so distracted (why? she's told Sonya that Astrov is a very special man, and that she enjoys listening to him) and yet he appears not to notice but keeps blathering, as if he's a mental case himself and can't see who he's talking to. I adore Olivier but the directing here has really put him in an impossible position. Why do stagings of Chekhov so often violate the simplest rules of human behavior and conduct? Why do they have to contradict the text itself, when everything is quite clear in the text? Why does everyone have to "improve" Chekhov by simply ignoring what he put on the page?
A miffed viewer,
Marc Vincenti
Your English is excellent! Am I'm glad there's another person out there interested in Chekhov.
Ah, we see totally different scripts-but that is life, no?
I see the characters as unhappy, as you see them-in other words, they're as dissatisfied by life as most other human beings-but, also like most of us, are fighting like crazy to find happiness and meaning.
Astrov through his work as a physician and environmentalist, the professor through his writing and yelling at others that they ought to feel sorry for him, Yelena through building her friendship with Sonya and testing her own feelings of love, Vanya by throwing over the voluntary "servitude" (to the professor) that he's been in all his life, Sonya by working and having faith and pursuing Astrov..and so forth.
I've never felt they did any more daydreaming than all the rest of us (nowadays our daydreams are all via our smartphones).
And I guess we are all a little in love with the idea of love, no?-hoping it will somehow rescue us?
But I think Chekhov feels for all these people less because they're unhappy than because they're struggling. All to well, having come from poverty, and suffering tuberculosis most of his adult life, he knew what it meant to struggle.
Thank you for writing! Your understanding and your English are actually quite good, and welcome!
Marc Vincenti
Olivier was the director. But I agree with you, and the problem is much greater with productions of today where individual agendas are more important than the text.
@jw zacher my opinion - Astrov is Chekhov. Yelena is a puppet he manipulates as the author and the character. She almost realises the situation she is in "maybe I have to" and I just figured out she takes the pencil fr Astrov because that is what Chekhov/Astrov created her with. Ta-da!
Marc Vincenti, oh my sweet god, are you actually trying to justify your own idiotic opinion, tell me, is this all you do with your life, you clearly have no theatrical training, and you make the same point in every video. You clearly have no fixed opinion on Chekhov and write the same lacklustre review in order to seem somewhat ‘awoken by artistic drivel’. How dare you insult Laurence Olivier. Also, judging by your Italian surname, I must inform you, your country of origin and ancestry, provides some of the worst actors and play writes ever born. Marc, nobody gives a shit about your copy and paste reviews.
Bullshit. Just read the play. Olivier''s directing is ideal. On a par with the best soviet versions from native Russian speakers.