Patrick Marber

Mais uma peça/filme que não existiria se todo mundo optasse por poliamor. Rá! Como ela foi inspirada na opera Cosi Fan Tutte de Mozart que por sua vez tem elementos de peças de Shakespeare, então são séculos de danças das cadeiras amorosas para nos identificarmos.
Closer do Mike Nichols foi um dos meus filmes favoritos que vi no cinema nos anos 2000 e esse ano completa 20 anos, Nichols tem uma carreira cheia de grandes obras, mas Closer terá sempre um lugar especial no meu show more coração. O filme é bastante fiel à peça, com exceção do final, o qual gosto mais o do filme, porém o texto inteligentíssimo do Marber se evidencia mesmo sem estar encenado e é um dos mais potentes em se tratando de teatro dos últimos 30 anos. show less

Very much a play of its time (especially the rise of the In-Yer-Face theatrical movement of the 90s) but still fresh and interesting today. Veering between witty and heartbreaking, Closer analyses the human relationships and how something so intimate and beautiful as sex and love can ultimately be as destructive and painful as hate. I'm amazed by Marber's ability to create such well rounded and ultimately sympathetic characters who are so loathsome, selfish and frequently vulgar (the show more profanities are so wonderfully quotable, but probably not in polite conversation!). It's an extremely cynical piece but one committed to its message, something I find so refreshing. Definitely not for everyone though. It's easy to see where the accusations of coldness come from. Check out the movie, it's an extremely honest and well acted adaptation. show less

Relationships are messed up! At least that's what Marber has to say about relationships in the modern era. This tale of four lives that are interconnected by sex, desire, loss, and love is a scathing review of the state of adult relations in contemporary London. Great read, funny and poignant dialogue. the film is okay, but watch it before the play if you want to like the film.

Unfortunately this was promoted as a sort of xxx sex comedy of the type you go to by mistake at a Fringe festival where you end up in the wrong tent; somehow the fact that the one you walked into was shaped like a giant phallus didn't register. We almost didn't go, which would have been an error. Fortunately I trusted my gut which said Patrick Marber's a solid citizen and Megan Dansie, the director of this particular staging at the University of Adelaide, is very serious about her work. She show more does a great Shakespeare. Consider this a chaser.

It was well worth going to and is to be recommended. That said, I could imagine it would be easy to do it badly. Anybody else seen it? Thoughts? show less