Sir Kenneth Branagh

[poliphilo]

I don't approve of knighthoods- except for actors. There's a congruity between the flummery of titles and what actors do for a living. So let him who plays the king have a handle to his name. Why not?  Besides there's a tradition of ennobling the heads of this particular profession. Olivier, Gielgud, Richardson, Redgrave, Guinness, McKellen; It's been obvious since he was nobbut a lad that Kenneth Branagh belongs in this company. 

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[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

So is he on the list?

(EDIT: No need to answer. I went and looked it up.)

Also, I think Branagh's Agincourt tracking shot was a response, not to mention a one-upping, of Olivier's shorter tracking shot of the French cavalry charge in his H5.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The whole film, I think, is a head on challenge to Olivier. He sort of denied it at the time, implying it was pure accident he'd lit on Henry V for his first directorial assignment, but I don't believe him.