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New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
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- TriviaFinal film directed by Louis Malle.
- GoofsIn the different acts, some people change clothes, while others don't. Sonya, for instance, wears two different dresses. In a run-through people don't change clothes.
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Captures the complexity of Tchekhov's masterpiece
Malle's adaptation handles Tchekhov's notoriously difficult shifts in mood and context excellently, investing every scene and almost every word with an edge of ambivalence and frustration, and the performances are all first-rate. Moore in particular, from her first appearance in the film (which is without dialogue) to the final scene constructs a really intelligent performance as Yeliena, I feel, and she seems to cover the whole gamut of Yeliena's character from the giggly and superficial to the introspective.
With all due respect to the American school this film could have descended easily into overwrought Tennessee Williams-esque Naturalism with lots of method-style spitting and uncomfortable truth. Instead the intellectual, spiritual dimensions of Tchekhov's play are always brought to the fore, in addition of course to Tchekhov's dark brand of humour, where the actors (particularly Julianne Moore) laugh through their tears and visa versa. Avoiding the common temptation of drawing out the play's anguished characters at a snail's pace, Malle also paces the film well, with an emphasis on lightness and subtlety of delivery - the result is both intellectually and emotionally satisfying.
With all due respect to the American school this film could have descended easily into overwrought Tennessee Williams-esque Naturalism with lots of method-style spitting and uncomfortable truth. Instead the intellectual, spiritual dimensions of Tchekhov's play are always brought to the fore, in addition of course to Tchekhov's dark brand of humour, where the actors (particularly Julianne Moore) laugh through their tears and visa versa. Avoiding the common temptation of drawing out the play's anguished characters at a snail's pace, Malle also paces the film well, with an emphasis on lightness and subtlety of delivery - the result is both intellectually and emotionally satisfying.
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- Vanya on Forty-second Street
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,746,050
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,636
- Oct 23, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $1,746,050
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