Re: RAT Collage

[Francis DellaVecchia <francis@eyelumination.com>]

This is a tough example.  I didn't learn much about WWII or people's 
emotions from Private Ryan.  I did learn that's there are a lot of cool 
camera angles available when you stage a glorified beach landing with a 
lot of money.  So audience membesr were surprised to find out that WWII 
included some real bloody moments.  Shocking.  
Without the cinematic flair, I think "Private Ryan"-the play, would show 
us in glaring detail just how thin that plot and those characters really 
were.

Francis


>I'm not crazy about "collage" theatre. "The Civil War" was described as "an 
>emotional tapestry through the Civil War."  I didn't see it but I bet that's 
>why it didin't work.  Take "Private Ryan" as an example of how to show the 
>emotions of war through a plot.  It wasn't a collage of WWII, it was a story 
>of a mission to put several lives on the line for one life and how those 
>lives dealt with that mission.  The "emotional tapestry" of WWII was in the 
>background where tapestries do their best work in theatre (or film).