--- product_id: 46689977 title: "Beckett on Film DVD Set" brand: "kristen scott thomasalan rickmanwalter asmusaton egoyan" price: "2106 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/46689977-beckett-on-film-dvd-set store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Exclusive interviews 4-disc collection 20+ hours of content Beckett on Film DVD Set **Brand:** kristen scott thomasalan rickmanwalter asmusaton egoyan **Price:** 2106 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎥 Experience Beckett like never before! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Beckett on Film DVD Set by kristen scott thomasalan rickmanwalter asmusaton egoyan - **How much does it cost?** 2106 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/46689977-beckett-on-film-dvd-set) ## Best For - kristen scott thomasalan rickmanwalter asmusaton egoyan enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kristen scott thomasalan rickmanwalter asmusaton egoyan brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Cinematic Mastery:** Dive into the genius of Beckett with this 4-disc collection. - • **A Collector's Dream:** Elevate your collection with this must-have DVD set. - • **Endless Inspiration:** Over 20 hours of captivating content to fuel your creativity. - • **Behind-the-Scenes Access:** Exclusive interviews that unveil the mind of a literary legend. - • **Curated for Connoisseurs:** Perfect for film buffs and literature lovers alike. ## Overview The Beckett on Film DVD Set is a comprehensive 4-disc collection featuring over 20 hours of film adaptations and exclusive interviews, offering a deep dive into the works and thoughts of the iconic playwright Samuel Beckett. ## Description Product Description 2003 PEABODY AWARD WINNER! This acclaimed film project includes all 19 plays of Samuel Beckett, considered the most significant Irish playwright of the 20th century. Many of these outstanding filmed productions have received critical acclaim at prestigious international film festivals around the world including New York, Toronto and Venice. Beckett on Film has brought together some of the most noted directors of our day including: Atom Egoyan, Damien Hirst, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Damien O'Donnell, David Mamet, Anthony Minghella, Karel Reisz and Patricia Rozema. A list of distinguished actors including exceptional performances by Michael Gambon, the late Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Harold Pinter, Alan Rickman and Kirsten Scott-Thomas. THIS 4 DVD 19 Play Set includes: Waiting for Godot (running time: 2 hours) Not I (running time: 14 minutes) Rough for Theatre I (running time: 20 minutes) Ohio Impromptu (running time: 12 minutes) Krapp's Last Tape (running time: 58 minutes) What Where (running time: 12 minutes) Footfalls (running time: 28 minutes) Come and Go (running time: 8 minutes) Act Without Words I (running time: 16 minutes) Happy Days (running time: 1 hour 19 minutes) Catastrophe (running time: 7 minutes) Rough for Theatre II (running time: 30 minutes) Breath (running time: 45 seconds) That Time (running time: 20 minutes) Endgame (running time: 1 hour 24 minutes) Act Without Words II (running time: 11 minutes) A Piece of Monologue (running time: 20 minutes) Play (running time: 16 minutes) Rockaby (running time: 14 minutes) Plus a 52 minute Documentary on the making of the Beckett on Film Project Features *Widescreen *Dolby Digital *Color and Black & White .com The hugely ambitious Beckett on Film project gathered together 19 different directors to turn the 19 stage works written by Samuel Beckett into films. The range is vast--from the 45-second Breath to the two hours of his most famous play, Waiting for Godot--but all the works reflect Beckett's penetrating obsessions with memory, regret, and the simple, excruciating experience of being. Not every film succeeds--like all great theater, Beckett's plays demand interaction with a live audience to express their full intent--and though scholars tout Beckett's every word as genius, several works are slight (Catastrophe, Ohio Impromptu, or What Where will leave many viewers unimpressed). But all the plays feature Beckett's uniquely distilled language; the greatest of them--including Waiting for Godot (in which two tramps pass the time while they wait for someone who may never come), Endgame (in which a blind man and his lame servant bicker and joke as the world declines), and Play (in which a love triangle is bitterly recalled by two women and a man in urns)--are astonishing in both their potent humor and piercing grief. Though Beckett's stature drew in an impressive array of directors (including Anthony Minghella, Patricia Rozema, and Neil Jordan) and actors (including Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Alan Rickman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Michael Gambon, and John Gielgud), some of the finest work comes from relative unknowns. But the gem of the collection is Krapp's Last Tape, about an old man revisiting his life through recordings he has made throughout his years. It's the perfect marriage of text, actor (the incomparable John Hurt), and director (Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter); in their hands, the play spins from deeply funny to deeply sad, all with only the slightest dim of the light in Hurt's eyes. --Bret Fetzer P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review Purists may quibble with the enterprise of committing canonized playwright Samuel Beckett's works to disc. But completists will salivate over the Gate Theatre of Dublin's mammoth trove, which includes all of Beckett's elliptical masterworks-from the familiar Waiting for Godot to the 45-second Breath-brought to life by film makers (Neil Jordan, Atom Egoyan, Anthony Minghella) and actors (Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, Julianne Moore) of unimpeachable skill. Repeated viewings are recommended-though to guard against exploding-head syndrome, they should be interspersed with episodes of The Bachelor TOP 10 DVDS --Entertainment Weekly December 2002 See more ## Images ![Beckett on Film DVD Set - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/511WuZVh5oL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars The Artist of the Century *by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2002* Curious that DVD Basen, the wonderful Danish web-compendium of dvd reviews from all over the world, has yet to register a word on BECKETT ON FILM, by any measure the dvd release of the year. These film renditions of Samuel Beckett's nineteen works for the stage (which is not the same as his "complete dramatic works," which would include radio plays and scripts for television), are, for the most part, thrillingly successful. The plays fall into two types. WAITING FOR GODOT, ENDGAME, KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, and HAPPY DAYS, however revolutionary in their time, still more or less conform to the conventional understanding of what a play is, ie: they contain recognizable characters and the shortest is an hour long. Despite the filmmakers' protests to make true movies of these plays, as opposed to "filmed plays," each of their single-locale settings make the theatrical origins of each work inescapable. Having said that, they are the best "filmed plays" this viewer has ever seen. Most of the remaining plays, particularly the late plays, are very short (under 15 minutes), and as Alan Rickman remarks, seem more like installations or "performance art," then full-fledged plays. What makes these works among the greatest plays ever written is precisely their inability to be transfered to another medium. With one exception, each of these little films, even the most brilliant of them (I'm thinking of the mind-blowing PLAY), must somehow compromise itself as a play in order to make the transition to film. The exception is OHIO IMPROMPTU. The intensity of this two character, ten minute piece perhaps reaches the full measure of its power as a film. Beckett's stage directions specify that its two actors be as alike as possible. On film, they can be exactly alike, by virtue of being played by the same actor, namely Jeremy Irons, who has famously played twins before. Despite the actor's disavowal, the characters of Reader and Listener can't help but conjure the image of DEAD RINGERS' Elliot commiserating with his twin brother Beverly aeons from hence in their own personal purgatory. Irons' performance is impeccable and affecting, although the Beckett purist might wish there were a little less of it. The performances throughout the plays are deliriously good, with the sad exception of the beautiful FOOTFALLS, which suffers from an overly mannered delivery on the part of its two actresess. One can only feel sorry for the director saddled with the relentlessly uncinematic THAT TIME. But BECKETT ON FILM is mostly a box of treasure, and a gift to the world. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A Formidable Achievement *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2006* The fact that this DVD set exists at all is cause for ecstatic and superlative praise: at last we have nearly all the plays of one of the 20th century's most technically innovative--but also emotionally affecting and eloquent--dramatists, available together in professional productions created with sympathy, respect for the author's intentions, and often inspired insight into these works' theatrical potential.Because this box set presents the work of 19 different directors, each working with a different play, it is inevitable that this collection would be uneven: the most disappointing performances, in my opinion, are drawn from the most familar works: Endgame, in particular, suffers from an awkward rhythm and rushed delivery which violates both the general sense of the work as well as several of its most memorable and touching sequences.There are nonetheless many very pleasant surprises among these performances, none more welcome than Julianne Moore's extraordinary rendition of "Not I." John Hurt's version of "Krapp's Last Tape" will similarly, I think, come to be regarded as definitive, as will the idiosyncratic collaboration among David Mamet, Harold Pinter, and the late Sir John Gielguld in "Catastrophe." Most revelatory of all is the rendition of "Rough for Theatre II," which turns what reads in print as an ostensibly inconsequential fragment into a nuanced and perhaps uniquely detailed contribution to the Beckett canon.Perhaps the greatest mystery in a package promising to be "the comprehensive cinematic interpretation of Beckett's plays" are the omissions here, most surprisingly his several works--"Eh Joe,' "Nacht und Traume," "...but the clouds," among others--for television. One also wonders, given the extraordinarily generous resources at the producers' disposal, if it was only the Beckett estate that prevented a mounting of the author's great deskdrawer drama Eleutheria, or the early fragment "Human Wishes."The fact that this set is easily available, and that it contains so many highlights, ultimately overrides any disappointments. The price of this collection probably puts it out of reach of all but the most devoted fans of Samuel Beckett--which is also a shame, because many of these performances would refute the unreflective complaints that Beckett's work is boring, emotionally arid, or depressing. Were the set less expensive, it would help win for Beckett a popular audience commensurate with his contribution to contemporary literature and theatre. But for those of us lucky enough to own a copy, there is much to enjoy, contemplate, and re-play for years to come. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars and at a great price. Recognizing that directorial visions may not always ... *by B***G on Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018* I wrote my Master's thesis on Samuel Beckett and have seen many outstanding productions of his works, some by actors performing in these. I had salivated over owning my own copy for quite some time while continuously checking out the set from our school media center. I finally broke down and bought one for myself, and at a great price. Recognizing that directorial visions may not always mesh with the author's vision, these productions adhere to the texts of the plays quite well, a number having been overseen by Beckett in earlier stagings with some of the same actors. I especially enjoy the "Waiting for Godot" and "Krapp's Last Tape" films, as I saw those same productions here in SoCal with Barry McGovern, John Hurt et al. . . --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/46689977-beckett-on-film-dvd-set](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/46689977-beckett-on-film-dvd-set) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*