National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Master
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for The Master). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 17m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Master| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Master | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 17m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Rami Malek, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman |
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 Master
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
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