Epic in scope, carnivalesque in tone and almost unprecedented in style: A New Old Play
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Set in an exquisite hand-crafted world made up of mattes, miniatures, intricate compositions and theatrical props, A New Old Play may at first strike one as sui generis. The history of cinema is rich in hand crafted worlds and ingenious practical effects (e.g. the works of Méliès, Tourneur and Zeman), yet such techniques have historically been dismissed as uncinematic and are usually permitted only in science fiction or children’s cinema. From the time of its invention film was celebrated as (...) #Features