Customer Reviews

Moby Dick (2006)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is not a movie version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK; it is a single actor on a stage, in front of an audience, playing all roles. You might think this wouldn't be enjoyable, but for a mature viewer seeking to squeeze the essence out of the book, this is quite worth while. The actor is brilliant, shifting characters in a blink. One deeply experiences the personalities of the main characters, especially Ahab; you can feel the mad rage pouring forth from Ahab.

Captain Ahab as done by Jack Aranson may be the finest Ahab ever put to film. Jack captures Herman Melville's blank verse. This is a DVD you will watch over and over for the insights contained in MOBY DICK.This is not a sea story- this is the classic story of where pride and arrogance will lead you.The tail is biblical in scope.This is a DVD for the family collection. This is a chance to see some great acting!!

Jack Aranson turns in a brilliant performance in this taped version of a well staged one-man-show. His artistic sensibilities are inspired. The way he segues from character to character in Melville's masterpiece demonstrates a flexibility of talent rarely found on screen or stage. Having said that it is important for the consumer to know that the production of the DVD is somewhat problematic. There is no menu for scene selections. Once the performance commences the only way to switch scenes is to skip from chapter to chapter manually. The viewer will then discover that although 33 chapters of material are listed there are actually only 25. Oddly enough chapter 25 has only one sentence of content. For some strange reason this disc plays on most computers and DVD players but not all of them. I have never encountered a more frustrating combination of post-production idiosyncrasies on any DVD I have ever purchased.

Absolutely loved it! Great acting, extremely educational, great for the family and for actors that want to polish their skills. Two thumbs UP and 5 stars!

Okay so I collect things related to Moby Dick. I wish I'd taken that offer and had my meds adjusted. I should have known when I saw the dreaded word 'dramatization'. It was brilliant as long as I kept my eyes closed or a towel over the DVD screen. Mr.Aranson moves around quite a bit! Still and all at the end of the day,it was very good. I accidentally bought 2 of them so my best friend is getting one for her birthday.

I was rather surprised when I put the dvd in my player. I was expecting a movie.similar to the Gregory Peck,Patrick Stewart, and William Hurt vehicles. Instead it was a stage performance and a good one it was. I found myself absorbed in the characters played by one actor. I was pleased that I bought it.

It wasn't what I thought it was so I was dissapointed. I thought it was a newer version of the movie, but it was a one man show. I didn't care for it.

The DVD of Jack Aranson's one man show of Moby Dick is indeed "Brilliant". We would like to contact the producer, John Robert. Would you please send him an email and have him get in touch with us or email me directly and give me his email address or home address and/or phone number. We would like to get in touch with him. We want to talk with John Robert about this project and perhaps another one.
Sincerely,

Jack and Claudia Aranson, caranson@hvc.rr.com PO Box 4306, New Windsor, NY 12553 845-562-8838 or 845-562-5381