The Metamorphosis - A Study: Nabokov on Kafka (1989) Christopher Plummer Part 3

In this witty, dialogue-heavy piece, Christopher Plummer stars as the legendary Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov during his days lecturing at Cornell University. He proceeds to give an extremely literate and colorful interpretation of Franz Kafka's classic short story "The Metamorphosis," about a man who wakes up to discover his own transformation into a beetle. The gifted Peter Medak (The Krays, The Changeling) directs.

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[plummerfan80]

Forgot to say his accent sounds a little French listen to any video of him speaking in English.

[plummerfan80]

I can't praise this highly enough, Christopher Plummer is one of our greatest actors,I defy anyone to know its him without being told.

[martincky]

So what i just watched was almost a half hour of an actor badly impersonating the genius Vladimir Nabokov and giving him a French accent to read an abridged version of The Metamorphosis of Kafka (Which Nabokov referred to as "The Transformation", BTW) for almost the entirety of the proceedings... Why? The only piece worth watching was on this video (part 3) from 7.00 - 7.50. Which only ended by the miraculous ringing of the bell... But my god! Those 50 seconds were worth it....????????

[RoyalWeddingRing]

The sun continues to shine on the British Empire - only it is now a friednship club. God bless them all!

[faunflynn]

Great post.Always wanted to see this. It's stunning.

Kudos .

[redpaul79]

so it's not even the real Nabokov? wow--damn good impression of a Taurus though--you can see Dali, Hitler, the whole schemata.

[wish303]

This is excellent!

[andrewtheman19]

That was wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this. I've read The Trial, The Metamorphosis, and The Castle. I plan to read his diaries and short stories soon :-)