National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Football Factory
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for The Football Factory). The Football Factory is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 32m. The Football Factory is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Football Factory| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Football Factory | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Nick Love |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Neil Maskell, Frank Harper, Jamie Foreman, John Junkin, Tamer Hassan |
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…
The Football Factory
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.
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