UNDER MILK WOOD (2015) - ♦♦♦
Directed by - Kevin Allen
Written by - Dylan Thomas, Kevin Allen, Michael Breen, Murray Lachlan Young
Written by - Rhys Ifans, Charlotte Church
"UNDER MILK WOOD by KEVIN ALLEN is not your typical adaptation of a work by an esteemed literary figure. But somehow, a linear adaptation just wouldn't have suited an imagining of the writings of such an incindiary figure as DYLAN THOMAS. UNDER MILK WOOD was the radio play he composed for the BBC, and made even more famous by subsequent adaptations, the most famous of which prominently featured the great actor RICHARD BURTON.
On the other hand, UNDER MILK WOOD aims to open up the cinematic medium, and allows certain freedoms for a viewer, who can just as easily admire the film by closing his or her eyes and admire the words, or keep them open and be swept away by the quasi-gothic, experimental and sometimes cartoonish visuals. It is also one of those films that is bound to reveal surprises and charming elements upon repeated viewing."
Drama, UK