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.
偏向舞台剧，对白也是，光影也是，看完不眠之夜沉浸舞台剧之后再来看这个
科恩兄弟分道扬镳的首次创作?少了编剧的科恩套了莎翁的核。剧情就摆在那，多数人看的是能拍成啥样。不得不说，电影营造的美学是科恩兄弟一贯的风格。延续了莎翁中繁复的对白而不显生硬，对特定场景进行了美学构建，灯光，氛围，视觉冲击是最大的亮点。采用黑白小荧幕是对经典的致敬，毕竟现代五彩的装束无法带来美学的提升，反而减分。但是呢，剧情羸弱是软肋。且和戏剧的ETA（镜头下的戏剧）差不多。对比最近看的俄狄浦斯王，皆是可戏剧的悲剧。过去时代的人，宿命仿佛有特别的吸引力，无法抵抗，越是抵抗越是无法逃脱。这就是宿命。是国学里的天道。无法描绘而又时刻面对。在延伸一个话题，复仇似乎是人类大部分人的使命，是每个人怜悯之心的希冀。只有看到血债血偿，观者才得以解脱。我们平庸的生活时刻被带入角色里寻求心的精神安慰。
Expressionist set. Unsettling witch. New character Ross as the third murderer.
每一位功成名就的大明星都想要一个证明自己有台词天赋的机会
老黑把麥克白搞成了蜘蛛巢城 小科把蜘蛛巢城還原為莎翁
也还OK 唉 第七封印太好了吧 不过导演想表达一种性冷淡也OK啊 细想一下 用全篇冷淡没有生机来取代固有印象中战争是荷尔蒙打鸡血，爆炸欲望，这一点如果存在那就有点牛了，《狙击手》异曲同工，冷色调代替锈红色
文学的电影或是电影的文学跟“莎士比亚”一搭边，很难回避阐释的文学面向，比如最后麦克白跟麦克达夫终极之战，“I have no words, my voice is in my sword”，所有角色从来不会正面回复，大家不会直言“弑君、篡位、复仇或者一场血腥的围攻”，而是先打个比方将暴虐的行动修饰一番，再将动机或形势的预判都藏在女巫的预言中，总之，作为作者的莎士比亚很机智地摆脱了文学可能会给自己带来的意识形态麻烦。得到王位或者失去王位都是“君权神授”，Birnam山的移动暗指麦克白王权最后的倾圮，而女巫是预言家并促成了预言的兑现，显得“神的有意安排不可违抗”，而臣民不得不听从天命，最终，女巫这一角色成为服务于王权的道具，有必要时会成为政治斗争的替罪羊。文学可以转译一个时代不便于言说的部分。
2.干练，自超现实的场景陈设，至字正腔圆的台词编改，在景别的变化，人物的走位，场景的转换中用很是简洁的手法勾勒出麦克白本身的力量。
此刻观看体验是心跳加速血脉偾张......
为什么要重新拍一部？因为科恩嫂啊，以及要借这个故事表达导演自己的重点；三女巫的表演和方式惊艳了。
强劲的心理暗示，让预言被说出的一刻已经必然引发完整的现实，也让付之行动的即刻就已注定其后所有的代价。视觉艺术加上场景精简的科恩版麦克白，并没有焕发出特别的光彩，甚至都能说缺乏新意和趣味，这可能是本片最让人意想不到的部分了。麦克白和其夫人的塑造并没展示出更新鲜的角度和相对深入的挖掘，主题的呈现也难说充分，除了美则美矣的光影，只有Kathryn Hunter的三女巫带来了一点惊喜。三星半
全程出戏，实在不知这样一出“舞台剧电影”从何欣赏，镜头切得像电视剧，麦克白的演技撑不起角色，伪安藤忠雄式的建筑光影处理完全脱离电影本身独立存在。肉眼可见片子砸了很多钱，但成片确实不敢恭维，如同橱窗里摆着的一个穿着精致的假人模特。看NT LIVE和BBC迷你剧不好吗，人家玩儿莎士比亚可比这个超前和靠谱太多了。
有点伯格曼的意思，但舞台剧化电影不算是现代电影，人物环境剧情三要素只剩下了人物，即使再优雅的台词文本，再有张力的人物表演，也显得太形式主义，空有一副骨架。
相比15版麦克白逊色不少，戏剧般的形式感和黑白并没有加分，最重要的内心情感戏也是一带而过，不知道在拍些什么……
一部份古式表達的台詞聽不懂可能要看中譯(但不想再看一次)用盡全力做的功課只是到頭來這些buff加一起不足以拯救this same old story
麦克白的悲剧 里几乎全部都是莎翁原剧本的台词。对演员挑战极大，如果像舞台那样表演，顶多算个纪录片，如果用电影的方式去表演，很多内心独白是不说人话的。导演的解决方式是置景上保留舞台的仪式感，包括黑白影调，但演员走位，面部小动作，肢体语言全部采用电影的表现方式。几个演员背着大段的莎士比亚，断句都是利用呼吸而不是情绪，手里还得自己找动作。挺难的，无怪拿了金球奖演员奖的提名。
醉乡民谣的合作摄影
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众所周知，科恩是黑泽明粉丝，黑泽明是莎翁粉丝。所以这部电影是不是透过的布层有点多了，反而费劲。
被摄影惊艳了两分钟，然后越来越无聊，黑白影像+极简线条+聚焦打光只是加重了舞台感啊，而且为什么丹泽尔的演技越看越生硬
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