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Why drive 400 miles to see Hamlet in 70mm? |
Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
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Written by: Ulrich
Rostek, Germany |
Date:
17.08.2013 |
The
Author's Question. Image by Ulrich Rostek
I read it on "in70mm.com" – where else? Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet”
was to be performed open air at Kronborg Castle, the site Shakespeare’s
drama was originally set. And it would be performed in 70mm and
6-track-magnetic-sound – the perfect mean to reproduce Shakespeare’s lines.
Such an event would not happen again in the near future. But for me - living
in the Ruhr region in West Germany – Helsingør is not just next door. It
would be more than 400 miles to drive. Would it really be worth it for one
single movie? On the other hand I like Kenneth Branagh as an actor and
director and in the who-is-who cast of "Hamlet" there is no one I
would not like to see in a Shakespeare play. Unfortunately I missed the
movie at the pictures when it was first released. In Bradford and Karlsruhe
the film was performed before I joined the secret community of hard boiled
70mm fans in 2009. And no DVD or BluRay release would meet a real 70mm
projection. So why not combining a journey to Denmark - being a white spot
on my map so far – with a real outstanding movie show? So I decided to take
a short trip to Helsingør followed by a couple of days at Københaven.
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More in 70mm reading:
Warum sollte man 700 km fahren um Hamlet in
70mm zu sehen?
”Hamlet” in 70mm at Kronborg Castle
Kenneth Branagh's "HAMLET" on 65mm
2013: A Danish Summer of 70mm
Internet link:
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Audience
is Waiting. Image by Ulrich Rostek
Kronborg Castle is located close to the city of Helsingor (or Elsinor) on
the west coast of Øresund where the sound has its narrowest breadth, and the
Swedish coast is only about 2 miles away. The square shaped renaissance
building is surrounded by large and strong star shaped fortifications. In
the inner court of Kronborg Castle a large screen and the audience’s
seatings were installed.
As if it was meant to be a tribute to the drama’s dark atmosphere the sky
turned to a lead coloured bluish grey with heavy lightning going down on
Helsingborg on the Swedish coast.
In the meanwhile the audience was dripping in and the DP75 was checked –
monitored by "Mr. In 70mm" Thomas Hauerslev – the correct projection lens
was mounted and the sheet of 70mm film placed in front of the film gate.
Ready to go.
After the cloud filtered sunlight vanished, the projector started rolling,
letting the brilliant and sharp image of a 70mm projection appear on the
screen, the powerful spatial sound of six magnetic track being backed up by
the steady chattering of the projector instead of our nowadays digital
silence.
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Let
there be Light. Orla Nielsen by the DP75. Image by Ulrich Rostek
The actors - headed by Kenneth Branagh and the young Kate Winslet - were
just brilliant. Derek Jacobi as Hamlet’s uncle Claudius did a great
performance as well as Julie Christie in the role of Hamlet’s mother. Even
the smallest supporting roles were doped with first class actors and all
time stars, giving Jack Lemmon and 70mm veteran Charlton Heston a chance to
perform Shakespeare.
Watching the movie next door to the original setting of the drama was an
outstanding experience. Although the plot was transferred to the beginning
of the 19th century and the exteriors were shot at another place, the pure
imagination that the action on the screen might have taken place just behind
the castle walls to the left and to the right was nothing less but
thrilling.
As a special feature a non scheduled break was added to the show after about
one hour. A heavy rain shower made it more and more uncomfortable to join
the movie. Here a big cheer to the Hamlet Scenen-team. Leading the soaking
wet crowd out of the pouring rain into the dry hospitality of the castle,
monitoring the weather, drying up the seats in a hurry and leading the
audience back home was a perfect example for a well prepared organization.
Thank You!
Four hours of movie watching in wind and weather is a hard piece of work to
do. But being a film buff has something to do with passion. We are not here
for fun.
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