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...while ignoring the fact that quite another side of the royal character was expressed in such glorious excesses as the romantic Schloss Neuschwanstein, the rococo Linderhof, and the unfinished imitation of Versailles, Schloss Herrenchiemsee. Ludwig's edifice complex may nearly have bankrupted his kingdom and cost him his throne, but he was, lunatic or not, the last great master builder of the Romantic...
KIRKLAND HOUSE DINING HALL, Throne of Blood...
...reality theme? Not only do we have a play within a play, which consists of everybody dressing up to fool Henry while he acts a part to fool them; we also get filled to the gills with more mirror imagery than can decently fit into a single play. The throne room is decorated with two life-sized portraits which are supposed to represent mirror images of Henry IV and Matilde of Tuscany, the woman he loves, and their presence stimulates a predictable discussion about the reality of reflections. Much is made of the fact that the Countess Matilde's daughter...
...Throne of Blood. Akira Kurosawa's film transports the Macbeth story to medieval Japan. An effective stylization that draws on techniques from the Japanese Noh theater, though at times the Samurai sensationalism flattens both the characters and the tragedy...
...priests parade by in the most outlandish of costumes: black satin for novices, immaculate turtle dove, neondecorated vestments and portable stained-glass windows. It is an orgy of Vatican decay, crowned finally by the entrance of the Pope himself, ossified and immobile, wheeled in on a huge golden throne, as the audience erupts in hair-pulling paroxysms of faith. But more is involved here than the obvious satiric bite. On the far side of sacrilege. Fellini has made an uneasy peace with the Church, ignoring questions of dogma, celebrating the wildest extremes of artifice. Ornate trappings, once the symbol...