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Krapp's Last Tape

  • TV Movie
  • 2000
  • 58m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
412
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Krapp's Last Tape (2000)
Drama

An old man listens to a tape of himself as a thirty-nine-year-old.An old man listens to a tape of himself as a thirty-nine-year-old.An old man listens to a tape of himself as a thirty-nine-year-old.

  • Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Writer
    • Samuel Beckett
  • Star
    • John Hurt
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    412
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Atom Egoyan
    • Writer
      • Samuel Beckett
    • Star
      • John Hurt
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Director
      • Atom Egoyan
    • Writer
      • Samuel Beckett(play)
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    9/10
    A very serviceable version.
    I fail to see why this production averages 5.5 from IMDB users; it's really a very competent and effective version of possibly my favourite Beckett play. It is not showy, it lacks risk-taking, but frankly playing safe with the superb material is a worthwhile furrow to plough.

    Hurt is magnificent as Krapp, etching this rendition into the memory like 'crysallite'. He is buffoonish and a great clown, as well as finding the requisite notes of bleak sadness. Egoyan basically presents the performance as close to how it would appear on stage; we are only given subtle uses of the medium - some closer in shots, executed with gradual, tactful camera movements.

    I don't think I really need to expound upon the reasons behind this play's sublimity; needless to say, this is a very effective, none too radical version that presents it very amenably. Very well recommended; especially for those who are not at all familiar with the play; this will be a shatteringly moving revelation. As it was for me when I first saw this in the theatre 18 months or so ago.

    Rating:- **** 1/2/*****
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    • HenryHextonEsq
    • Jun 4, 2003

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    • Release date
      • October 27, 2006 (Uruguay)
    • Country of origin
      • Ireland
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La última cinta magnética
    • Production companies
      • Blue Angels Films
      • Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
      • Dublin Gate Theatre
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    • Runtime
      58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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