National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Sling Blade
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Sling Blade). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 15m. Sling Blade is the older of the two (1996 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Sling Blade| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Sling Blade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 15m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Billy Bob Thornton |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, John Ritter, Dwight Yoakam |
Synopsis
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…
Sling Blade
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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