Marat Sade (1967) by Peter Brook

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The new torrent given is in a new repack half the size of the previous (now
unavailable) file for easier download and seeding. ;; It is now announced on major
indexes.

Marat/Sade is a play of political theater.

Excerpted from the IMDb database:

As the title implies, the film is entirely a play-within-a-play where most
cast members depict both a character from the French Revolution as well as
an insane asylum inmate playing that character. While the film (like the
later comedy-drama about deSade, "Quills") addresses censorship, it is
primarily concerned with a debate between Marat as a ;; representative of
revolutionary radical communism, and de Sade as a nihilistic existentialist
frustrated with his own and society's violently cruel urges, as well as the
futility of revolutionary action to improve mankind.

[Preparer note: The IMDb listing also has a good discussion of performance
of the play in high school and college productions.]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060668/board/nest/7307693

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The torrent is given here for archive of the play and discussion of its importance.

Other torrents on political theater include Signals Through The Flames: a
documentary on the Living Theater of Julian Beck and Judith Malina,
La Commune Paris 1871 by Peter Watkins and Winstanley by Kevin Brownlow.
These torrents are archived and seeded all the time.

Notes prepared September 13th, 2009