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Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell in Miss Julie, a screen version of Swedish dramatist August Strindberg's 1888 play that scandalised the audiences with its candor, realism and cruelty. It's regularly performed all over the world and there have been a handful of cinema productions. This latest has been adapted and relocated to Ireland by the Norwegian actor and director Liv Ullmann. It's nearly 50 years since she first appeared in the film Persona by the man who became not just the mentor and partner, but the father of her daughter, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. Internationally acclaimed for her films with Bergman including Cries and Whispers, Autumn Sonata and Scenes from a Marriage, Liv Ullmann has continued to work on both screen and stage. She recently directed Cate Blanchett in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. But what's surprising is that never before in her considerable career has she confronted the role of Miss Julie.
"I've never played Miss Julie and I haven't thought so much about her either before I directed the play in Australia and in New York with Cate Blanchett and Tennessee Williams. And then working on that, I saw how Tennessee Williams was inspired by Strindberg. So I started to read about him and I thought, oh, why didn't I do this when I was younger and I was acting? And I decided if I ever get a chance, I wish I would direct something of Strindberg. And then I met these producers and they say we'd like you to direct. You can write the script yourself on some woman. And I said, what about Miss Julie? And they said yes, and that's when I got this really incredible insight in." | 
发表于 2016-9-9 15:37:17