National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Last Edition
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for The Last Edition). The Last Edition is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 32m. The Last Edition is the older of the two (1925 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Last Edition| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Last Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1925 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Emory Johnson |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Tom O'Brien, Rex Lease, Wade Boteler, Ralph Lewis, Emory Johnson |
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 Last Edition
A twenty-year veteran of the printing room of The San Francisco Chronicle is passed up for a promotion at the same time his son is accused of graft and involved in scandal. The historical landmarks of old San Francisco are present: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, City Hall and the Pickwick Hotel-- but they don't distract from the dramatic and emotional perforamces at the film's center.
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