Antigone

Saw this in a college literature class and just saw it for the second time in about ten years. Excellent film,good story and outstanding work on the part of the chorus. Look for the actor who played the Grail guardian in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,without the head covering and makeup,of course. His voice should give him away. Always nice to see a classic story adapted to modern film. The chorus especially is what makes this so good.

This movie is a rendition of Antigone, in which is directed by Don Taylor. I believe it was a bad performance of the original play. The director made changes to the play in which causes the movie to be boring and loses the attention of the audience. I feel as if they aren't trying to gain attention from viewers in this play. The scene never changes, therefore; you are stuck watching the same plain screen the whole movie. The movie does however, follow the plot of the play just not the details. The characters dialogue wasn't the best just because they were over dramatic with their emotions compared to the reading. The attended audience is maybe people who watch older movies. I would definitely not recommend this movie to anyone.

This is a modern translation of Sophocles' finest play, which pits the power of the state against traditional values and common decency. Avoiding the modern idea of the individual vs. the state, the play keeps true to the classical heritage by placing this squarely in a classical Greek context.

The costuming attempts to be timeless, giving a sense of 20th century dictatorship and "cult of the ruler" but with various figures in outfits that appear to be almost Victorian. All in all, after a few minutes the costuming "disappears" and the focus becomes the intense interaction between the actors.

Antigone and Creon are excellently played and deliver the powerful speeches well, as do the other main figures. The comic relief of the soldier who discovers Antigone's "crime" is nicely done as well. The chorus, a necessity in Greek plays, is again well done. Although not a staple in modern drama, the chorus does help to keep the ancient Greek tone.

All in all, this is a fine production on all accounts, the best of a set of three productions of the ancient Theban Plays.

The play was pretty good to watch. However, having so many people in the chorus was very annoying. So many voices suddenly pipe in and take away from all the drama of the story, and make it just look foolish. If this chorus wasn't there, I feel the film would have been very good. Regardless of the spartan set they used.

This movie was ok and the actors were good...but the wonderful scenery of ONE room was a little boring(though if they're trying to be realistic to Greek Drama, I understand). Most of the costumes didn't quite fit the time period. Creon looked like Star Trek, Ismene like the Renaissance, Creon's son like Star Wars. But oh well, all in all it's an ok movie though the chorus did get annoying at times.