Nostalgia can kill you, you can't run away from it or out run it. Tom is realising he needs to let go of things in his past if he is to move on and be happy. He is simultaneously realising that he has regrets in his past. Things he didnt act on, and things he ran away from. I believe the lesson learnt is live life in the now, not in the past, and, when you do this you will not be dangerously nostalgic. The future can be so much more exciting then the past because it is unknown. Having said that, there are so many ways to interpret the themes of this play, your own disposition will influence what message you pull from it. Truly a masterpiece. RIP Prof. James Wilson
@ShadowsofthePastTheater Жыл бұрын
You were the best cat, Yoshi. I love you and miss you so much. Until we meet again sweet baby.
@vichenry1712 жыл бұрын
Toward the end, acts like a cat.
@jibsoz2 жыл бұрын
Saw this on the big screen when it first came out , absolutely loved it and still do. Brilliant acting from John Malkovich.
@lucyk23713 жыл бұрын
Devastating....reading this in high school I could not appreciate it...now after living life as an adult I find it so moving. Knowing what it's like to get so close to your dream and then lose it, running away from troubles only to find that you really can't...what an amazing masterpiece.
@AbsoluteRecoil4 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like Liszt. I remember this piece also used in an AlfredHitchcock episode or was it the Twilightzone? I don't remember. Great composition.
@c-force52175 жыл бұрын
I love John Malkovich in this film. It makes me wonder who else would be good as Tom for an adaptation of this film if it were made today. I feel John Krasinski would be a great Tom Wingfield. He was great in The Office, Jack Ryan and A Quiet Place, and he would be awesome as Tom.
@LeofromFreo5 жыл бұрын
One shot, one camera shot. No edit. He nails it.
@LoveJungle4205 жыл бұрын
That was Malkovich? That was genius!
@siralsiral22335 жыл бұрын
Holy shit , spit it out already...so damn dramatic....sheesh.
@gadgetman53113 жыл бұрын
Lol
@photo1616 жыл бұрын
Malkovich is so mannered, affected, unnatural. I know I'm in the minority, but I think he's a poseur.
@malcolmmaclenan83564 жыл бұрын
I agree, he is 'acting'. My favourite version is the CBS Playhouse 1966 film. Hal Holbrook is quite wonderful, as is all the cast.
@SmokingEagle7 жыл бұрын
No doubt one of his best performances of all time was this movie
@angelaguerrawilson61307 жыл бұрын
I have a sister like Laura. Makes me cry every time
@palesafloret37077 жыл бұрын
Do you have the others eps? Would love to hear the other eps.
@revcom6264 жыл бұрын
I think Rachel is hoping to revisit "Strange Paradise". You can find another couple of episodes at librivox.app/book/162961 although two of them seem to be included twice!
@ShadowsofthePastTheater4 жыл бұрын
@@revcom626 Yikes! Thank you for letting me know, John. Of course I didn't upload them there so I have no idea how to fix that problem. Soundcloud is a better option for now. soundcloud.com/strangeparadise I plan (soon) on correcting the sound quality of these three and also producing more. Thank you for your interest, Palesa!
@ShadowsofthePastTheater2 жыл бұрын
Strange Paradise, the audio drama serial is making a come-back, folks! I'm in the process of re-working it to be a better audio drama, starting over essentially but the episodes that are out there aren't wasted. You'll hear a bit of that again later on down the road, but basically I'm going to do it all right this time...but in the meantime, if you're still interested, do join the NEW facebook group for Strange Paradise Reborn! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJzcen2ppNCCg9U Join us over in the Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/946709710059210
@TheCarlbags9 жыл бұрын
hopefully this helps me with my soliloquy tommorow
@sawyerleemoore9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful scene. John Malkovich is the perfect Tom. I hope to memorize this monologue as personal challenge. Thanks for uploading.
@billdarby19 жыл бұрын
So much drama in this final scene and it is just a man wandering around a room lost in his memories. This is my favorite play.
@ShadowsofthePastTheater5 жыл бұрын
It's my favorite play too!
@rustypudder46069 жыл бұрын
I loved the movie. My class mates hated it. Idk why
@defrozendonut87158 жыл бұрын
they hate art and drama
@zachmahan149410 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing play. I love this play and I am also doing this monologue for competition and really enjoy the way John does this monologue it is incredible and powerful.
@ShadowsofthePastTheater5 жыл бұрын
I realize you wrote this comment ages ago, but what ever happened to the competition? Did you ever end up using the monologue?
@RiverMayfly10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! This is lovely. I liked this Tom a lot, and also the fact that the soliloquy is kept as a whole; it's a masterpiece. (It was horrible to see that other filmic versions have cut out many parts of it.)
@Galantski10 жыл бұрын
This haunting theme was also used uncredited a few years later on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The episode, "Power of Attorney", is excellent in its own right, though very different than "Terror in Teakwood". It involves a con man who convinces women to hand over their life savings in return for worthless stocks. The music can be found starting near the 33:20 mark of the show, as a despairing victim plays a phonograph record supposedly containing the theme to accompany her suicide. Anyone interested in hearing it in that context can find can find the episode here on You Tube.
@RobTheBernardinosaur10 жыл бұрын
John Malkovich's acting in this movie was excellent
@palcumex11 жыл бұрын
I could find almost nothing on the composer, Caesar Giovannini. He apparently was a studio musician who performed, uncredited, other composer's works on many movie and TV soundtracks. This is the only occasion I could find where he composed the music and performed it. Amazing.
@palcumex11 жыл бұрын
The look on the theatrical columnist's face during the performance is priceless.
@palcumex11 жыл бұрын
I saw this when I was about 16 years old in the 60s. Aside from "The Grim Reaper' it always stuck in my mind as a favorite episode because of the piano concertos, which are unforgettable. All this time I assumed that they were works written by one of the great composers such as Chopin or Scriabin. I could never find them anywhere or find any info until I got my Thriller set of DVDs. Imagine a piece like this written for just a TV show.
@organboi11 жыл бұрын
Best performance of this play is on Broadway now. Period. Go see for yourself.
@sha1123511 жыл бұрын
I don't remember this film being a big hit.
@CARUMA4411 жыл бұрын
Victoria: When you get your dvd player, you'll fin the Paul Newman Version of this film (this one) on Amazon.co.uk in English with Czech subtitles or another version with Dutch Subtitles but more expensive that can also be found at Amazon.com. you may alo try Amazon.fr or Amazon.de or amazon.es. Rgds, I am Carlos and I am a collector and world film buff with 2000 films.
@CARUMA4411 жыл бұрын
Victoria, you'll find a region free dvd player on linefor a few bucks more than a regular player. Pioneer makes excellent dvd players. Some web pages from stores in N.Y. sell them for $120.00 or so. I bought 1, 5 years ago and I can play any dvd available from any country.
@boilermaker8211 жыл бұрын
There's a 14-DVD complete box set that I bought for my dad a couple years ago. We are huge fans of this series, and it's really awesome to see you post this! My personal favorites were The Grim Reaper, Premature Burial, and The Purple Room. Good stuff.
@GINGERALER11 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I think this was the worse screen adaptation of the story. Malkovich is way too pretentious to be taken seriously as a poor warehouse worker in this role. Woodward has a southern accent like I got a southern accent. The person playing Laura gives a dull uninspired performance.
@michaelursu32816 жыл бұрын
Thank you... this isn't how a real, down and out warehouse worker would speak. Too intellectual
@ShadowsofthePastTheater5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelursu3281 Then your main issue is with the play itself and not the performance if you don't feel a 'real down and out warehouse worker' would speak like that. Just remember that Williams wrote this play and much of it was based on his own family experiences. Tennessee WAS Tom and his sister, Rose, inspired the character of Laura. When she died, he had 'Blow out your candles, Laura' written on her tombstone.
@michaelursu4 жыл бұрын
@@ShadowsofthePastTheater As I get back into acting class, and studying some of my favorite plays "this one being one of them," I'm trying to like this scene. I still think it's too much. That being said I don't NOT like Malkovich, his monologue of Biff in DEATH OF A SALESMAN (you can youtube it) is amazing and more real than this. I guess this is kinda a surreal scene at the end. I saw Christian Slater perform this back in 2005 and really liked his "everyman" vibe
@ShadowsofthePastTheater4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelursu I'll have to check out Malkovich as Biff to see the comparison. It's a shame Slater's version (that I know of) isn't available on youtube. I'd like to see that to compare as well. Honestly, Malkovich is probably my first version of Tom so that's probably why I'm partial to his performance. I've also see Montgomery Cliff in the role and I was not impressed...but then to be fair, it was mainly the butchered version of the play. Even Williams panned it. And I'd love to see your interpretation of this scene. Let me know if you ever decide to record it and I'll review it. :)
@008mesut12 жыл бұрын
Malkovich'in Tom karakterini oynaması
@moviemonk100012 жыл бұрын
There is a DVD of this but the Susskind Version is much better because of Kate Hepburn and Sam Waterston though Malkevich is always good
@LeofromFreo5 жыл бұрын
charles pope yes, I remember seeing the original film version at a cinema in the eighties though it was as part of a retrospective festival. My English teacher took us to see it. Both are exquisite films. Hard to get hold of a good, new DVD.
@jamisondavid10012 жыл бұрын
Is that Hazel Court up in the box, saying "he can do it?" She was known for her work in the horror genre. Quite voluptuous.
@rclaughlin2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's Hazel Court.
@44excalibur12 жыл бұрын
That would be The Turn Of The Screw, correct?
@LaurenOwlet12 жыл бұрын
I feel like John Malkovich is highly underrated. :(
@davidcollins67412 жыл бұрын
i argee *hugs*
@meesterperfect12 жыл бұрын
Makes me almost cry. I know just how he feels.
@darkgardyner12 жыл бұрын
DEFINITELY going to check this out!!!
@MrFalconford13 жыл бұрын
when actors share apart of themselves with a audience it seems your only response can be thankyou its obvious that laura candle will never go out
@pretorious70013 жыл бұрын
It's the same actor who portrayed Mr. Sardonicus.
@jacobbroadley13 жыл бұрын
I prefer this version. It would be great to post the opening scene. I love his first monologue
@ConservativeStudios13 жыл бұрын
By far the first Roger was the hatters man in Cillonwood
@hecate5513 жыл бұрын
First time I've seen this one. Well done! What an awesome group of ladies they all were!
@MessengeroftheNight13 жыл бұрын
That was FREAKING HILARIOUS!!!! Everything said in it is amazing and true! XD
@akamslaynestaley13 жыл бұрын
funniest thing EVER hahaha love it omg YOU'RE A GENIUS, BRILLIANT GENIUS!!!
@TimsDale4ever13 жыл бұрын
I had forgotten this. Who was cast as Elizabeth? As Carolyn? Who was the new Quiton? Or had they gotten that far before cancellation.
@Kletti7813 жыл бұрын
@VictoriaWinters1991 another thing you could try is download VLC videoplayer, I believe this one plays all DVDs, regardless of the region...
@Kletti7813 жыл бұрын
@VictoriaWinters1991 that really sucks :( if I ever find a region 1 dvd, Ill let you know :)
@Kletti7813 жыл бұрын
@VictoriaWinters1991 if you have a DVD-drive on your computer, you should be able to watch all region DVDs... at least thats what I do, and it usually works fine :)