Master Builder
[Shawn] is so commanding in the part that by the time the film ends, it is almost impossible to imagine anyone else in the role.
A Master Builder
The artistic triumvirate of Jonathan Demme, André Gregory, and Wallace Shawn update Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, a modern classic about a successful, egomaniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses - who nonetheless wants to make peace with himself as his life approaches its final act. Working from his own translation of the Norwegian text, Wallace Shawn gives a tour-de-force performance as the cruel, yet guilt-ridden architect. Jonathan Demme's direction is based on the near-legendary production created for the stage by André Gregory, developed over a 14-year period. Lisa Joyce plays a sensual, mysterious young visitor who turns the household upside down, much to the consternation of Julie Hagerty, perfectly cast as Shawn's neurasthenic, long-suffering wife. Scandinavian angst -- reinterpreted by New York's finest.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
127
Language
English
Director
Jonathan Demme
Cast
Julie Hagerty,
Wallace Shawn
FEATURED REVIEW
Nora Lee Mandel, Film-Forward.com
A Master Builder is an enthralling deflation of the archetypal egotistical artist, told with delicious irony from his perspective. Henrik Ibsen’s 1892 play Master Builder Solness (to use the full, original title as the film credits do), could be Stanford White (Ibsen’s contemporary) or, a few years ...
Played at
Royal 8.15.14 - 8.21.14
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