SALESK

30Jun11

Works best when Olivier is conniving straight down the pipe, but falls apart a bit in the climactic battle when the audience's intimacy w/Richard is betrayed for sword & horse (a kingdom for!) spectacle. Still, Olivier is the best--not that the supporting cast is anything to sneeze at. Olivier's direction is intuitive & graceful; set & costume design all technicolor exaggeration & stylized surrealism.