where has this been all my life
Geregisseerd door Orson Welles
The Trial
Le Procès
An atmospheric, dark crime.
Crime
Drama
Mystery
1962
1h 59m
Joseph K., een kantoorklerk, wordt 's ochtends gewekt door een man die zegt dat hij onder arrest staat. Hij krijgt echter niet te horen waarvan hij beschuldigd wordt. Hij probeert vergeefs te ontdekken wat zijn misdaad is. Naar de roman van Kafka.
Waar te zien
The Trial draait in 1 bioscoop in Amsterdam - eerstvolgende voorstelling woensdag 14 oktober om 21:00 in Filmtheater Kriterion.
Volgende voorstellingen: woensdag 14 oktober.
Volledig programmawoensdag, 14 oktober
Speeltijden van The Trial, elke ochtend ververst
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Cast & crew
5Wat mensen zeggen
Absurd. Surreal. Oppressive. All fine words to describe Orson Welles' The Trial, but I think the term that best describes how I felt while watching is 'hysterical': not in the sense that The Trial is a comedy - to describe it as a black comedy stretches the very definition to the breaking point - but that I found myself laughing to ward off the physical and mental unease it forced upon me (especially during the absolutely insane last 20 minutes). That a film can cause laughter as a defense mechanism is a testament to Welles, Kafka, and Perkins.The dialogue flies by so fast that you become inured to the fact that the words spoken are so bizarre, the sentences so strangely close to making sense, that we are dragged, kicking and screaming, into this terrifying (and terrifyingly close to our own) world that seems to be a missing link between the one we live in and that of '1984.' The story bristles with surrealism, and underneath bubbles an insanity barely kept in check.Anthony Perkins puts on a performance for the ages. Youthful, animated, he talks virtually non-stop and punctuates every word with hands that flap and flop as if his character, Josef K., realizes the absurdity he's found himself in and just wants to fly away before he reaches the inevitable end of the tale. Greatest of all, Perkins walks the line of melding the constant professions of innocence with a subtle tone of subconscious, nebulous guilt.Finally, Welles' mastery of kinetic camera movement, unsettling angles, and use of audio to create depth are instantly apparent. I was surprised (and embarrassed) to learn that The Trial was my first experience with his direction - the influence he has had on the art is so apparent that it cannot be overstated. The Trial might not be his most renowned film, but even if this had been his only effort, I feel it would have been more of a legacy than most directors could dream of.
This film stressed me on an absurd level, I felt physically ill after finishing
Veelgestelde vragen
Waar gaat The Trial over?+
Josef K. wordt gearresteerd voor een onbekend misdrijf en navigeert door een surreële bureaucratische labyrint waar schuld wordt voorondersteld en gerechtigheid onbereikbaar blijft.
Wie heeft The Trial geregisseerd?+
De film werd in 1962 geregisseerd door Orson Welles en geldt als een van zijn meest visueel gedurfde cinematografische adaptaties.
