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Grand Theft Hamlet Is a Delightful Putting-on-a-Show Documentary
Shot entirely in Grand Theft Auto Online, this film about two actors attempting an unusual Shakespeare production is both hilarious and touching.
The two men put a call out for auditions, eventually shooting a promo video on the beach that is hilariously interrupted by police who rappel down on ropes, Oosterveen trying to hold them off while Crane tries to finish his pitch. “You can’t stop art, motherfuckers!” he hollers, at which point both of them get gunned down — the game-over screen, declaring the player “Wasted” over a black-and-white shot of their corpse, becomes a repeat punchline in the pair’s efforts to get work done in a game that encourages casual carnage. Still, when the production stages the ghost scene on top of a blimp that soars high above the ridiculously intricate cityscape, it’s sublime — a repurposing of all the casual beauty usually consigned to the background of digital carnage for other purposes.
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