Réalisation:
Steven SoderberghPhotographie:
Walt LloydActeurs·trices:
Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joel Grey, Jeroen Krabbé, Alec GuinnessRésumés(1)
To mark the release of a DVD box set in 2021, Steven Soderbergh decided to give some of his earlier films a new lease of life. One of them was Kafka, which “morphed” into Mr. Kneff, a story set in Prague in 1919 about a writer, whose miserable job provided him with literary inspiration. The new cut is twenty minutes shorter and Soderbergh also rearranged the narrative structure and coloured certain scenes to make a clearer distinction between reality and the protagonist’s imagination. The dialogues were replaced by subtitles; the music was also altered, incorporating, among others, the instrumental version of Metallica’s song “Enter Sandman”. Mr. Kneff, arguably a film about Kafka, but now without Kafka, in comparison with the original is thus noticeably estranged and more surreal. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Jeremy Irons
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Le Roi Lion (1994)
Mission (1986)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (série)
Theresa Russell
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Récidiviste (1978)
Empire Falls (2005) (téléfilm)
Kafka (1991)
Ian Holm
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
The Game (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Shine (1996)
Joel Grey
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Cabaret (1972)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
A Christmas Carol (1999) (téléfilm)
Jeroen Krabbé
Pays-Bas
Meilleurs films :
Le Fugitif (1993)
La Courtisane (1998)
Voor een verloren soldaat (1992)
Alec Guinness
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :