Look Back In Anger [1989]

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Customer reviews

review by: robyeatman date: 2005-02-23 rating:
Electrifying
Seeing this broadcast in 1989 was a life-changing experience for me, comparable to seeing Bill Hicks for the first time a couple of years later. Kenneth Branagh's performance as the immortal Jimmy Porter has such power that the screen absolutely blazes even when he is silent. The rest of the cast feed from that intensity.

Despite it's divisive and controversial reputation, this is one of the most elegantly constructed dramas of the 20th century; tension is built and released expertly and there is a clever series of repetitions (of images and moods, tone and atmosphere) which makes the whole experience similar to hearing a piece of music.

I've seen the play several times since in the theatre and perhaps that is where it belongs and works best, but the intensity of this film cannot be denied.

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