I just had the pleasure of viewing Three Days of Hamlet at the Carmel Art and Film Festival. I thought the film was going to be good from the trailer, but man.... It was incredibly effective in ways I did not expect, nor would I have expected from a documentary.
While Hyde-White's support team ponders his vision, and drive and even his sanity, they work to produce a play in which their characters are doing the exact same thing to the work's protagonist, Hamlet. Alex Hyde- Whiteleaves part of his soul on that screen and if you ride the wave with him,it can rock you to your core. It is not just a film about a bunch of actors doing a quick theater production... it is about fathers, sons and the unspoken sense of duty and honor between them. The heart of this film is raw, naked and powerful. Find a way to see it. Then go hug your Dad.
The viewer experiences the play Hamlet in new ways, but the real core of this depiction is how the play runs parallel to the director/actor's own psyche that is both personal and intimate. That being said, Hyde- White's Hamlet is unique, and times fittingly comic and at times deliciously perfect but in a way that has never been seen on film before.
While Hyde-White's support team ponders his vision, and drive and even his sanity, they work to produce a play in which their characters are doing the exact same thing to the work's protagonist, Hamlet. Alex Hyde- Whiteleaves part of his soul on that screen and if you ride the wave with him,it can rock you to your core. It is not just a film about a bunch of actors doing a quick theater production... it is about fathers, sons and the unspoken sense of duty and honor between them. The heart of this film is raw, naked and powerful. Find a way to see it. Then go hug your Dad.
The viewer experiences the play Hamlet in new ways, but the real core of this depiction is how the play runs parallel to the director/actor's own psyche that is both personal and intimate. That being said, Hyde- White's Hamlet is unique, and times fittingly comic and at times deliciously perfect but in a way that has never been seen on film before.