Krapp’s Last Tape: James Hayes uses his natural Irish accent to deliver the best known of these works, a meditation on ageing. He plays the eponymous Krapp, a sad, lonely man recollecting emotion in tranquility with the assistance of a reel to reel tape recorder. Now somewhere near 70, he is reminded of the past, as a recording of his 39-year-old self recalls life a dozen years before. As such, we are able to glimpse the hope of relative youth, the acceptance of middle age failure and the resignation of an old man. The Old Tune: It features two old men sitting on a park bench next to a hurdy-gurdy and almost inevitably brings to mind the song from Gigi, “I Remember It Well”. As cars pass, irritating the men who fondly remember the days of horse-drawn carriages, every statement delivered by either Niall Buggy or David Threlfall, playing the grumpy septuagenarians, is instantly contradicted by his fellow, often to great humorous effect.
Category: Movies
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Samuel Beckett is Coming Soon
Two actors. On a road. With a tree. An effective description of the world Tony A and Tony Z find themselves inhabiting in Alan Arkin’s film. “Samuel Beckett is Coming Soon…”. Far from home, awaiting fame, recognition – or just an audience – the Tonys barely notice their lives mirroring the sad comedy, “Waiting for Godot.” As they journey through the Southland, they find much less than they bargained for, trying to bring Beckett’s classic to a largely disinterested modern audience.
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Waiting for Beckett
Teenage Danny sits in the waiting room of a hospital with his homophobic and desperate father and his older brother Beckett’s outspoken, secret boyfriend after Beckett has been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
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Rob Beckett: Wallop
Rob Beckett is back – the Mouth of the South has had a busy few years and now returns to tour to fill audiences in.
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Beckett
An American tourist in Greece finds himself on the run after a tragic accident plunges him into a political conspiracy that makes him a target for assassination.
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An Inconvenient Love
Ayef meets Manny. It is at a time where she focuses on her dreams while Manny being a flighty young shop owner, goes with the flow. They both believe love is inconvenient and agree to a contractual fling expiring on the date Ayef leaves for Singapore, but they start falling for one another.
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Deadly Love Poem
The story of Ranum, who is always tricked by the sweet words of men who then betray her and later ends with death by a mysterious figure. Ranum’s family drama revolves around deceit; it is poetic, romantic, and hilarious which instantly turns into terror. Ranum decides to keep looking for true love, which is beautiful and brings kindness to ward off the tragedy she has experienced. Who is the figure who spreads the vile terror, and can Ranum find her love?
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Mimi
An aspiring actress in a small town in Rajasthan agrees to bear a child for a visiting couple seeking a surrogate mother, but her experience takes an unexpected turn when they refuse to have the child anymore.
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The Sex Files: Digital Sex
A pair of thieves break into an FBI warehouse and steal a virtual reality device that can record and replay sexual experiences.
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The Dirk Diggler Story
The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed male porn star. The character was modeled on American porn actor John Holmes. The film was later expanded into Anderson’s 1997 film Boogie Nights.