Badland vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Badland). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 45m. Badland is the older of the two (2007 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Badland
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Badland | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Francesco Lucente | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Joe Morton, Jamie Draven, Grace Caroline Currey, Dennis Corrie, Tom Carey | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Badland
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that…
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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