
True Colors
1991

“Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?”
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The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust.
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Ok, so this has got to be a student project. Half a dozen young (aspiring) actors have got together to offer us a telling of the "Faust" story - and you know what - it's not rotten. It is quite well filmed with some nice - if basic - cinematography, and the talent have a go at this quite dark and complex Marlow work with more confidence and aplomb than I ever could have done at that age (or, perhaps, even now). Sure, the direction is basic too - only the one camera and maybe just one too many establishing shots, but the production is reasonably well edited together and the efforts, though seri…
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