Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
麦克白的悲剧，重点放在“悲剧”二字上。基本上在黑白光影中将暗处的悲剧呈现出来，阴暗是绝对的黑，偶尔侧身时似乎还有光。大段大段体现矛盾心理的台词，给眼睛“窒息”感，很精彩、很累。极简黑白风又像杂志插画，略显刻意了。
老莎的东西，你们敢说不好？还是你们觉得影帝影后表演不行？
略失望吧，预告骗了属于是……影像上有一些惊艳时刻，声音设计也有点意思，但总体比较乏善可陈，观看过程一度感到无聊，究其原因可能是它在文本和形式上都无甚新意，风格化就只是为了风格化而存在，遑论像《灯塔》那样做到二者的自洽和互相支持。像有的评论说的，在《蜘蛛巢城》之后，再做这种改编可能已无必要了。B
3.5。丹泽尔华盛顿的表演精准到极致，但是并没有让人觉得特别出彩，反倒是女巫的表演令人印象深刻，虽然很大程度上归功于造型和妆容。摄影真的绝了，用表现主义那一套布景和构图，变形的、图形几何化的场面调度，来表现这样一个摒弃宏大叙事、侧重内心情感之黑暗扭曲的悲剧史诗，再贴切不过了。
科恩怎么搞第七封印那套，但是里面有的现代有的古典很违和啊！
表现主义的重现契合麦克白暴君性的一面，可电影的优点也仅限于此。
以及，最新版麦克白夫人首镜，完全就是“该她”的毫无违和感[哇]一切天注定。
才看过一部<绿衣骑士>，我就熟悉了A24的影像风格，果然这味道纯正独特。黑白影像确实会增强演员的演技，我从没看过Denzel Washington有过这种水准的表演，即使是<训练日>里的表演，也不及这部。原先把麦克白搞成麦克黑让我还有些些不爽，但事实证明，老丹还是罩得住的。McDormand演得也很好，加上莎士比亚的全金句台词，还有什么可挑剔的？虽然熟的不能再熟，可是每次看到这些金句从演员嘴里吐出来，还是会疑惑：这世上怎么会有用比喻修辞用得这么好的人？
那三女巫是咕噜吧！极简布景确实有点好看。但实际上也没啥“新东西”（我也并不求啥新东西）演技是挺不错的
一眼看去立即会想到劳伦斯奥利弗的几部莎剧改编电影，同时外景是塔可夫斯基式的，城堡是德莱叶式的，建筑内光影有点费里尼味…唯独没看出来哪里像科恩。莎剧原词卡在“日常腔调”和“舞台腔调”之间魅力略微流失，演员话剧式表演被放在特写镜头里所有小动作和控制不到位的表情都被无限放大，科恩正反打则完全失去了曾经的魅力。这版改编看似风格化（然而kitsh）但并未给出什么值得深探的视角，我唯一能试着尝出的新味道大概是“用衰老来解释对权势的痴念贪执”。总之较为失望吧
莎士比亚戏剧鉴赏，无奈本人才疏学浅，最后的结局没看懂是什么意思！
1.经典心理剧用科恩兄弟的角度再看一遍，高清画质，用心设计的画面场景，观影享受。2.女巫的预言，要是完全不理会怎样？会不会这个故事是个自我实现的预言? 为权力而放弃真实自我的人，貌似都会有如同麦克白一般的困境。
建筑设计很有意思，新古典主义美学在光影中被推向极致。行善只需要跟随内心的声音即可，而作恶却需要很强大。
对于the original text和plot的绝对熟悉是本片最基础的观影门槛了, 而Macbeth作为（可能是）我最喜欢的Shakespeare作品，看到Denzel Washington和Fran McDormand飙戏就忍不住要打四星以上。选择黑白的影像呈现，Joel Coen这次在mise-en-scene上下足了功夫，无论是建筑环境还是光影变化，都透露出一种冷峻却疯狂的气质。除了很喜欢影片对于the witches的处理外，McDormand对于Lady Macbeth的处理确实让人有耳目一新的感觉，野心并不是那么的外放，狠辣却不减分毫，最后的sleep walking scene更是一种后窗式的解构，让人对她的表演欲罢不能。
把舞台剧直接搬上大荧幕大概就是这样了，摄影真是绝了，不过总觉得丹泽尔华盛顿有种违和感
形式上做到很多了
这光影布景无敌，科恩的极简式改编。欧洲的文学巨著却启用黑人演员，也算大胆尝试了。
风格有点过于混搭了，又还是somehow make sense
话剧的表现形式，一定需要演员具备良好的体力，感觉说台词都特别累。
莎士比亚戏剧鉴赏，无奈本人才疏学浅，最后的结局没看懂是什么意思！
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