MovieChat Forums > L'important c'est d'aimer Discussion > Why did that production of “Richard III”...

Why did that production of “Richard III” flop?

posted 10 years ago by Charlot47
1 reply | jump to latest

Tremendous medieval Japanese costumes, inspired casting of one huge star Klaus Kinski as the hunchback King and, once she got into her stride, impassioned diction and acting from the other superstar Romy Schneider. The newspaper critic was an idiot: it should have run for months!

[–] PoppyTransfusion 8 years ago

It was 'dark and excessive' with Nadine summarily dismissed because she was a porn actress and the reviewer had old bones to pick with Zimmer. The costumes looked amazing and I'm sure that Zimmer/Kinski would have mesmerised as Richard III.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer