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A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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- 1 nomination
Woody Allen
- Mr. Alien
- (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
- Professor Quentin Kozintsev
- (uncredited)
Leos Carax
- Edgar
- (uncredited)
Julie Delpy
- Virginia
- (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
- Professor Pluggy
- (uncredited)
Kate Mailer
- Self
- (uncredited)
Norman Mailer
- Self
- (uncredited)
Burgess Meredith
- Don Learo
- (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
- Journalist
- (uncredited)
Molly Ringwald
- Cordelia
- (uncredited)
Peter Sellars
- William Shaksper Junior the Fifth
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen he was starting out, Quentin Tarantino claimed on his CV that he had appeared in this film, as he guessed nobody would have seen it and know that he was lying.
- Quotes
The Great Writer: For words are one thing, and reality, sweet reality, is another thing, and between them is no thing.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)
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(Along) With movies like this (for ex-ample) the consequence of pleasure is hypothetic acquaintance with Janus (for me). Hypothesis of being acquaintanted by Janus as an actor (agent) for his role in the P(roblem)lay Shakespeare wouldn't dare to write.
There's a whole lot of (more Lyrical) adaptations but in the same time the viewer (the witness) doesn't and does need (generates a sense) to consume at least good half of them and then explain all that left.
I should've been reading Hegel's "Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte" at this time, chewing suppering, but have been stuck with writing this joke of a review for re-st to view.
Who am I to criticize them, readers with no right to read a thing?
It is not a good (if usual is good, 'cause goods are usual) comedy or drama, but it is a good construction. Family (child-fr(iendly)ee) construction for generations to see with (no) means of inter(quotation) and for the sake of interpolation the "Y" of No Thing.
You could read an image without being computerised, girl, you should try.
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- Also known as
- Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $61,821
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,756
- Jan 24, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $85,018
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
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