Brad Pitt is one of the biggest Hollywood stars of our time. He was most recently seen in the thrilling Babylon and shone in Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. His work goes back much further. Especially in the 1990s he was often able to triumph on the big screen.
From Interview with the Vampire to 12 Monkeys to the Fincher masterpieces Seven and Fight Club: Pitt became a superstar in this decade. Shortly before the turn of the millennium, he played in a gigantic fantasy drama which is rarely mentioned these days: Meet Joe Black.
Rendezvous with Joe Black on TV: In the touching fantasy drama, Brad Pitt plays Death
Meet Joe Black was released in 1998 and is based on the 1934 drama The Black Majesty, which in turn is an adaptation of the Italian play Death on holiday by Alberto Casella, which was first performed in 1924. Joe Black has a long history behind him.
You can watch the trailer for Meet Joe Black here:
Meet Joe Black – Trailer (German) HD
But who is this mysterious man that Pitt brings to life over a three-hour runtime? Life is already a tricky word, because Joe Black is death in human formAs part of the film, he pays a visit to the dying billionaire William “Bill” Parrish (Anthony Hopkins).
Black does not just want to take the billionaire to the afterlife. No, he has come to get to know life and people. Based on this curiosity, a deeply tragic story unfolds, which is told with great emotion and even greater calm – a old-fashioned, melodramatic Piece of 1990s cinema.
Meet Joe Black belongs to a very specific type of carefully told film that now seems to have died out. Large-scale, adult dramas that do not shy away from turning into a slowly building Monumental film of emotions to be discovered is hardly to be found in the cinema these days.
When is Meet Joe Black on TV?
Meet Joe Black is on tonight on 17 August 2024 at 20:15 on RTL ZWEIThe broadcast will run with advertising until 11:55 p.m. The repeat will follow at 1:45 a.m. Alternatively, you can stream the film with a subscription on Amazon Prime.
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