The Ides of March, and other things

[selenak]

Yes, it's that time of year again. The death of Julius Caesar is one of the most often restaged and rewritten events in history, so it is really difficult to come up with a take that makes it suspensful and immmediate to the audience. The tv show Rome managed it, as you can see here:

One thing Rome wisely did not try was to match the Shakespearean version of the funeral orations, Brutus' and Mark Antony's, because, well, that would be... as stupid as trying to rewrite the Tilbury speech. *glare in the direction of a certain movie released this year* Okay, now seriousy, Antony's speech is one of the great set pieces in dramatic literature. Here's the young Marlon Brando's rendition:

(Incidentally, the way Rome got around having to match that scene was by limiting themselves to the before and after. It worked.)

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calapine's What about Everything was already one of my favourite Doctor Who vids of all time, a love declaration to all the decades of the show, seamlessly integrating Old and New Who footage. Now she has put up a second version, which somehow manages to be even more magnificent (and uses some footage not available in the first one). Even New Whovians absolutely unfamiliar with any of the pre-Nine Doctors should hurry and watch it at once; it's the best summing up of the Doctor and his Companions and foes ever, seriously.

Lastly, a lighthearted drabble from the Academy days of the Master, the Doctor and the Rani. (Sidenote: and I still wonder whether the teachers who managed to produce not one, not two but three brilliant Timelord renegades all became the Gallifreyan equivalent of alcoholics later, or whether they did it intentionally. As the species thrives on manipulation.)

Comments

[selenak.livejournal.com]

You haven't? It's quite the revelation. The two most famous scenes the young Brando ever did which made him an icon back then were:

a) From "A Streetcar Named Desire", Stanley calling for Stella. The raw sexuality in this early 50s clip is still incredible and better than many a thing that came decades later:




b) "I could have been a contender" from "On the Waterfront". The other guy playing his brother is Rod Steiger.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

They're both good (thanks for posting them), but they still don't match the clip from Julius Ceasar.