Branagh's bravery; THE MAGIC FLUTE (PG) VERDICT: *****.THIS movie restores the flair Kenneth Branagh last displayed with Hamlet a decade ago. Echoing Shakespeare's line "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't", The Magic Flute sets Mozart's opera in some WWI WWI abbr. World War I WWI World War One trenches. A running time of 135-minutes, though, will limit the film's appeal to fans of The Magic Flute who are feeling experimental enough to see The Queen of the Night astride a tank and the three regal attendants turned into sexy nuns. Showing at Warwick Arts Centre Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry is the largest arts centre in the Midlands, attracting around 280,000 visitors a year to over 2,000 individual events embracing music, drama, today till Thursday and MAC for a week from Friday. |
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