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Peter Brook‘s five-hour-plus film adaptation of “The Mahabharata” is set for a BFI Blu-ray release on Aug. 10, presented in high definition from a new 4K restoration of the 1989 production. The release centres on the triptych version of the film, running 332 minutes, which sits between Brook’s three-hour cinema cut and the six-hour television version he shot […] The post Markets in everything? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsTC seems to have fixated on this ethnic-casting fetis...

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Markets in everything?

Marginal Revolution (United States) | Jul 19, 2026

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Film adaptations of classic literature should be evaluated for their ability to engage new audiences, regardless of market trends.
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