We´ll Let You Know

We´ll Let You Know

Production country: 
gb
Year: 
2008
Duration: 
1 min
Edition: 
2011
Format: 
film/video
We'll Let You Know by Stephen Sutcliffe
We'll Let You Know by Stephen Sutcliffe

The piece opens up on a young Ian McKellen, sitting centre stage and waxing lyrical on the correct approach to the presentation of Shakespeare. His mannered platitudes are skewered by a hectoring voice off-screen: “Begin as soon as you like, would you?” Oblivious, McKellen slides into yet another anecdote, while the off-screen voice jabs: “Be as quick as you can would you please?”. In his film Sutcliffe questions a culture of class aspiration and intellectual complacency, undermining the apparent self-confidence of the ambitious young actor.

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