{"product_id":"david-jones-the-trial-5017633200320","title":"The Trial","description":"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","brand":"Hollywood DVD","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53298197201238,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_5017633200320_1.jpg?v=1781229164","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/david-jones-the-trial-5017633200320","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}