A Christmas Carol

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CKB I am astounded at the lack of enthusiasm on this site for this brilliant work. Writer David Morris and Director Jacqui Morris have conjured a new way of presenting great fiction on screen in a manner that reflects our experience when reading. So much of a novel's effect comes from its narration and description, yet films typically use only snippets of the original dialogue and leave everything else to the actors and set designers, as if the author's words weren't worth repeating. The Morrises, however, use voice actors to provide much of Dickens' narration (by an amazing 86-yr-old Siân Phillips) and dialogue, but leave the visuals to an entirely different set of creative people: instead of seeing the usual actors in period costume moving around Hammer Film-style 'realistic' sets, we are treated to dancers who express the emotions of each scene while moving within a surreal stage-world based on 19th-century etchings of London life. The result is deeply moving, and expresses Dickens' social message better than any of the many other versions of this story. This film is not for kids, but for thinking adults who are dismayed by the profits-over-people sensibility of our times, just as Dickens was by the greed and heartlessness of the Industrial Revolution. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/08/24 Full Review bill t I seem to be in the minority when I say I enjoyed this version of Christmas Carol. It seems whenever you have a piece of classic literature, and then add something new to it, the knives come out. This version of Carol is mostly a dance piece! I really enjoyed the mixture of dance along with the classic writings of Dickens. Both blended very well and kept me entertained throughout it's running time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review ONE SIXTH CAVE You know when people parody interpreted dance by waving their hands around in a floaty way and dancing back to back while twirling alot? Yeah that's this whole film, except it's not a parody. Also the voice over doesn't stitch together well with the twirly floaty dancy bits. Some nice lighting and the theatre style sets could have made for a nice looking play. But the dance/audio play style just didn't come together naturally. Oh and a top tip for any would be directors, if you are going to open with child actors you may want to ensure they are able to carry the dialogue as it really starts things off badly if the opening lines come off flat and amateur. That's not a dig at the kids, the directors should have seen it was a bad start and either corrected it or left it out. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/07/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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