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The Trial

By David Jones

The Trial Films

The Trial

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On the morning of his 30th birthday, senior bank clerk Josef K. is put under arrest by men who refuse to identify themselves. Hes not taken into custody, and nobody will--or even can--tell him the charges against him. Josef refuses to take it seriously, and thus begins his descent into the mad vagaries of a court system that is as enigmatic as it is ominous. This BBC coproduction of the Franz Kafka book features a screenplay by Harold Pinter (Turtle Diary, The French Lieutenants Woman) that starts out full of wit and menace, but loses steam in the second half and delivers a flat and confusing ending. Kyle MacLachlan is perfectly cast as a sort of yuppie Josef K. whos so self-involved and complacent that he cannot express proper outrage at the injustice. Although hes second-billed, Anthony Hopkinss role as the priest is more of a cameo. Polly Walker and Alfred Molina (a standout as the court painter, Titorelli) both seem to get Kafkas cosmic joke. Beautifully filmed in Prague. --Geof Miller
Product details
Release Date:
1994-04
Number of Discs:
1
Publisher:
Hollywood DVD
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