National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Substance of Fire
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for The Substance of Fire). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. The Substance of Fire is the older of the two (1996 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Substance of Fire| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Substance of Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Daniel J. Sullivan |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Ron Rifkin, Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Eric Bogosian, Sarah Jessica Parker |
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 Substance of Fire
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
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