The Birthday Party (1968)
The Birthday Party (1968)
DVDRip | MKV | 698 x 576 | x264 @ 1852 Kbps | 118 min | 1,71 Gb
Audio: English AAC 2.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
DVDRip | MKV | 698 x 576 | x264 @ 1852 Kbps | 118 min | 1,71 Gb
Audio: English AAC 2.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a border in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party." Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.
Harold Pinter's brilliant early play-on-film, The Birthday Party, is one of his best efforts, and perhaps, with The Homecoming, the pinnacle of the Theater of the Absurd. The plot itself is simple. Two men come to visit Stanley, a classical pianist who has, for unknown reasons, left his home and is staying with a provincial couple. He is visited by Shamus McCann (Patrick McGee) and Nat Goldberg (Sydney Tafler). They alternately celebrate and menace Stanley, who may or may or may not know them. Nothing is clearly stated. Most of the dialogue consists of insinuations and vague threats. Performances across the board are outstanding, with Robert Shaw outdoing himself as Stanley Weber. Moultrie Keisall as Petey is excellent but understated, and his final words really put the cherry on the birthday cake. (sorry for the pun). Nothing I can say can communicate the unique strangeness and power of this film. Top marks, 5 stars, classic.IMDB Reviewer
The Birthday Party (1968)
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