Equus [VHS]

A wonderfil fim from the mid-1970, Richard Burton is magnificent, and the diretion by Sydney Lumet is incredible

Ok so this is one of those films/plays that people rave about but I admit I watched it only because of Joan Plowright. This actress can do no wrong in my eyes and this performance, though brief, upholds that in spades!The film is disturbing in the extreme and certainly doesn't lack shock value but it really is the minor characters in this particular production that hold the whole thing together.The scenes with the parents and particularly Joan Plowright's religious zealot mother are spell binding.I give this 5 stars for the magnificent performance by Joan Plowright but would I watch the entire thing again? probably not but worth a viewing nevertheless

5 stars for this BFI release. The film looks good and the commentary is constantly interesting and added a lot to my understanding of the story. It wold be wroth were it just that. But then there are all the extras on the second disc, not the least of which is a fascinating documentary about Richard Burton. This really is a fabulous release!!

I had to study Equus for my English A Level. The film is very close to the script of Equus by Peter Shaffer, despite the obvious difference that Equus was performed on a stage.The story is 'weird' and not something to watch for 'Saturday night film night' or anything. However, the issues it raises and morals are interesting, and the role of Dysart is performed excellently!

The Psychological assessment - who has got the experience- to play the role of God/ After my personal experience researching who I am through New Zealand Prisons and its associated Perverts, I had discussions with some of those who were routinely subjected to Them. The New Zealand sex workers in age between 14 and 18 were/are still pressed to sex activities by social workers "their supressed professional Voyeurism" and police by their uniformed moral superiority of Wankers with locker room culture of rugby field tougher-s. While in jail I was asked the reason for refusing to give a consent or participate with mental strip search- by the System's employees - whom I recognised as the thieves, and sexually not representative ordinary human preference, petty thieves by resource abuse and tax evaders- I just call them useless hacks of Human Industry concern inc. - When I quoted article 40 of Magna Carta and article 38 their absolute absence of cultural and professional cognizance was breath taking and made me to remain silent. When I challenged them by ordinary questions they were lost and the filling up pre-printed questionnaire is absolutely waste of time as the evaluators are dummies who should not be allowed to pass the secondary school exams - but system allowed them. The inmates even those from among Patched Mongrel Mob members said that they do it (psycho assessment) always happily as they say to shrinks all what they want to hear. ?? I am not saying that shrinks have Red Commisar role or Jesuit father confession-er function, but they have it and keep it as they are paid for nothing really else, it is what persons of shrinks are in present system given to simulate - in system what emphasize that is Your Friend - Just confess who abused you in childhood? But perhaps a natural birth is the first abuse what majority of humans have to cope with. While systems "we will superimpose" our punishment on them on your behalf - and you will be for ever in the debt to us. But leave now my experience out of it - System est delenda! THE movie shows the children sex fantasies of being !What we all Normal people Have!" as Illusionary extraterritorial role model what we all are growing out off, in proportion to our age while making preferences, what in sublimate way are justifying our integrated Wants . It may in some human life samples implode as it always does and old Greeks experienced it 2500 years ago, before it was due to religion of Sin forgotten and used against all. The movie is very well made work out, bringing to audience the psycho-profiling where the unwritten contract between question and answer is for us to observe. The quality of human answer is directly proportional to quality of question what our lives made us to formulate. Stupid answer to stupid question. What we can see now is that the something as psycho- therapy is hijacked by the System to cover up its role to subdue and control US all until something else (a Soma) will be put as the FakeDbook replacement in its place. The screen writer and director did good work to see everyday tragedy for US all alive, while we would like to be something else in the systemic pursuit of happiness what we are allowed to imitate -as Our Calling is part of it. While media feeds its abonents with selective images to relate, the movie is very well made in its time without hype I would say honest, and reflects on Normal human beings who may by exposure be made insane or explained as insanity their lapse of biological coherence. In the time when Priests are made example of sexual abuse and when New Zealand primary and secondary Sex education is performed on the children by specialist women from Sex employees collective - ( ex-whores) who share with kids their personal experience of Humans in oldest trade- about value of Sex and how to survive it and make a carrier from it on not experienced. The acting of Richard Burton is showing the dilemma of being part of the system and part of himself. I always find why such movies are omitted from general screening and we have to watch the Guantanamo commercials sport abuse and other kinds of media staged pornography as Master Chefs and everybody can be a role model for someone else before retiring to 4 walls of him/herself . Back to NZ where TV campaign says that 60% of population have a psycho mental problems and all of them should come out of the woodwork as the industry is formed to cater as some kind subcontracted NGO to provide employment to its employers . I followed it up - all those people have no personal material production experience to tie them to reality of living as themselves. I seen that in that movie what is giving rise to reflections on individual limits and the lack of general Folk singing in our environment as well as deformity of humour what is misused by advertisers . In the time before Professional loonacy sets in.

A DEVASTATING AND ALARMING FILM THAT COMPLETELY HAD ME ON THE ROPES.RICHARD BURTON IS UNBELIEVABLE AS THE PSYCHIATRIST TRYING TO SOLVE THE QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE SHOCKING ACTS OF AN UNSTABLE YOUNGSTER,PLAYED ASTONISHINGLY BY PETER FIRTH.BY INVESTIGATING THE CASE BURTON IS DEEPLY EFFECTED AND EVEN THOUGH HE FINDS OUT THE REASONS IN THE END I THINK NOBODY CAN BE SURE ABOUT THE TRUTH.A DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED FILM AT TIMES,WITH MANY DISTURBING SCENES THIS IS DEFINETELY NOT FOR EVERYONES TASTE BUT A MASTERPIECE NEVERTHELESS.SURELY BURTON AND FIRTH DESERVED MORE THAN JUST AN ACADEMY NOMINATION.THE SUPPORTING CAST IS SUPERB AND JENNY AGUTTER CONTRIBUTES IMPRESSIVE FULL NUDITY TO AN ALREADY OVERWHELMING STORY.QUALITY OF PICTURE IS HIGH ADDING TO THE GENERAL CLASSY FILM MAKING. A MOVIE TOTALY RECOMMENDED!

The story, locations, sets, acting are incredible!This Blu Ray version has great extras too!Well worth the money!

This product should not be on sale. The DVD disc when loaded requires you to sign up to some platform and enter credit card details! Everyone assumes that when you buy a DVD, you simply load it in the DVD Player, and it plays. This one, did not. Shocking, especially as the price was eye-wateringly expensive too for a simply DVD. We were willing to pay it as our son was studying this play for his GCSE and we couldn't seem to find it anywhere else. It was worse than useless.

Fantastic film with superb performances and a great quality Blu-ray. Highly recommended release, one that makes an all- region player a necessity for film buffs.

On peut ricaner face à la mise en scène de Sydney Lumet, face à ce conte théâtral et ampoulé en apparence. Cependant le monde dans lequel nous vivons n'est -t-il pas souvent une mise en scène médiocre de notre quotidien? La confrontation de Richard Burton, puissant acteur shakespearien, qui joue avec emphase ce psychiatre face à cet adolescent frustre qui débite en chantant des slogans publicitaires débiles semble tout d'abord dénuée d'intérêt. Peu à peu se révèle à nous une mécanique implacable dans laquelle le practicien et son patient se retrouveront broyés impitoyablement malgré la réussite apparente de la thérapie. Ce médecin, la cinquantaine bourgeoise de province, vit avec une femme qu'il ne touche plus et qu'il méprise, incapable de partager son amour pour l'antiquité grecque, sa passion et son obsession. Mais contrairement au jeune garçon, qui vit sans entraves au travers d'Equus, une divinité païenne qu'il s'est crée en sublimant sa fascination des chevaux et sa sexualité refoulée , le praticien, lui, , en consultant ses ouvrages couteux ne se contente que de fantasmer ses pulsions et ne parvient pas à se libérer de son carcan rigoriste. Le film dépeint une Angleterre fort corsetée malgré la libération des moeurs des années 70 représentée par la famille. Une famille composée d'une mère bigote jusqu'à la caricature et un père taiseux et frustré qui va se "soulager" dans un cinéma porno. Même le médecin, en apparence libéral, vit une relation ambiguë avec la collègue qui lui a présenté le jeune garçon. Par son acte impardonnable, l'adolescent, "castre" le regard divin de son idole face à son pêché de chair. Mais Burton, à jamais corrompu et désormais "converti", nous fixe de cet oeil azur, intact, brouillé par la folie et le désespoir dans un ultime plan sublime. On pourrait dire bien des choses sur la mise en scène et le montage virtuose, dont le seul premier plan vaut à lui seul le visionnage de ce film. Une oeuvre dont on ne sort pas indemne.

I originally purchased this to get an indication of why the Broadway production was so great. the Blinding of the horses scene was a little disturbing (not for kids; also, the nudity is quiet excessive), but the main character's coming to grips with who he was was interesting. Many thanks!

Che Sidney Lumet sia stato uno dei grandi registi della storia del cinema americano è ormai fuori di dubbio. La prova del nome della tenuta dell'intera sua filmografia la si ha riconsiderando film bellissimi e suggestivi come questo "Equus", ingiustamente per decenni considerati minori.

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