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Jun 2000
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Ran = King Lear Kirusawa also did a version of MacBeth, but I don't remember what it's called.
Damn fine movie.
Branagh's Henry V is wonderful. Haven't seen, Much Ado About Nothing.
I liked the recent version of Richard III with Ian McKellen, set in 1930s England, though Olivier's was better in many ways, though in some ways it sucked. When Olivier seduced his enemy's wife, it was believable. When McKellen did it, I was left wondering why she married him, except maybe to torture herself.
As for Hamlet, my favorite version has to be Bob and Doug McKenzie's, Strange Brew, though Rosencratz and Guildernstern Are Dead pull a close second.
Forbidden Planet was also a great remake of The Tempest.
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molly bloom
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Oct 2001
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There's an excellent adaptation of 'Othello' by Orson Welles, which was released on dvd a few years ago. It faced some financial difficulties, so was shot pretty much 'on the run' which is why it has a kind of French 'nouvelle vague' feel.
If you can see past the blackface make-up, Welle's performance is magnificent, as is that of his Iago, the Irish actor Michael MacLiammoir:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R6QE
The murder in the hammam is a cinematic tour de force.
I'd also recommend Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood' and Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth'.
Polanski's 'Macbeth' is perhaps the bloodiest 'Macbeth' available, reflecting a play which is full of images and language pertaining to blood, murder, death and killing.
Kurosawa's version is an eerier version incorporating elements of Japanese ghost stories and drama, although Polanski's witches' sabbath is worth seeing too. The landscape in Polanski's version gives a genuinely unsettling and otherworldly feel to the film.
There are two Russian versions of two great Shakespearean tragedies, 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear', which were available on the Castle Hendring' video label in Great Britain. You might already be familiar with these- I think the Russians have a very sympathetic approach to Shakespeare, either in performance on stage, or on film.
For a left field approach, it would be hard to beat Derek Jarman's film of 'The Tempest' with genuine twins in the cast, and the American singer Elizabeth Welch playing the goddess who rounds out the film with a performance of 'Stormy Weather' accompanied by a chorus of sailors. Heathcote Williams is magnificent as an eccentric Prospero, and the blind actor Jack Birkett is a convincing Caliban.
Another 'left field' approach to Shakespeare is in Claudio Coronado's version of 'Hamlet', which has, if I recall, Helen Mirren as a luscious ripe Gertrude, and Quentin Crisp as a Polonius in drag.
There is a version of 'Hamlet' filmed at the Roundhouse in London with Antony Hopkins as Claudius, and Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia. Nicol Williamson plays a rather more acerbic and bitter Hamlet than is usually seen.
You might also be able to find a classic production of 'Macbeth' dating from the Seventies, which I was fortunate enough to see on British television back then. Ian McKellen is Macbeth and Judi Dench is Lady Macbeth. It has a minimal amount of props with much of the focus being on the faces, bodies and words of the cast. I know it's available in Great Britain on tape/dvd, and it's the best 'filmed play' as opposed to film adaptation of a play, I know.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Ian McKellen's other great contribution to the Shakespearean canon, his version of 'Richard III', which is actually 'Richard III' with bits from other history plays added, and the more tiresome bits of Richard III left out.
The film is an extremely convincing modernization of the play, transposing it to a quasi-fascist England of the Twenties/Thirties, thus alleviating it of any lingering historical mustiness, as lengthy repetitions of obscure English nobles' names and titles can pall on modern audiences.
All in all, as the Czech critic Jan Kott said, it makes Shakespeare our contemporary.
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Decolonize!
Aug 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by molly bloom
There's an excellent adaptation of 'Othello' by Orson Welles, which was released on dvd a few years ago. It faced some financial difficulties, so was shot pretty much 'on the run' which is why it has a kind of French 'nouvelle vague' feel.
If you can see past the blackface make-up, Welle's performance is magnificent, as is that of his Iago, the Irish actor Michael MacLiammoir:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R6QE
The murder in the hammam is a cinematic tour de force.
I'd also recommend Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood' and Roman Polanski's 'Macbeth'.
Polanski's 'Macbeth' is perhaps the bloodiest 'Macbeth' available, reflecting a play which is full of images and language pertaining to blood, murder, death and killing.
Kurosawa's version is an eerier version incorporating elements of Japanese ghost stories and drama, although Polanski's witches' sabbath is worth seeing too. The landscape in Polanski's version gives a genuinely unsettling and otherworldly feel to the film.
There are two Russian versions of two great Shakespearean tragedies, 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear', which were available on the Castle Hendring' video label in Great Britain. You might already be familiar with these- I think the Russians have a very sympathetic approach to Shakespeare, either in performance on stage, or on film.
For a left field approach, it would be hard to beat Derek Jarman's film of 'The Tempest' with genuine twins in the cast, and the American singer Elizabeth Welch playing the goddess who rounds out the film with a performance of 'Stormy Weather' accompanied by a chorus of sailors. Heathcote Williams is magnificent as an eccentric Prospero, and the blind actor Jack Birkett is a convincing Caliban.
Another 'left field' approach to Shakespeare is in Claudio Coronado's version of 'Hamlet', which has, if I recall, Helen Mirren as a luscious ripe Gertrude, and Quentin Crisp as a Polonius in drag.
There is a version of 'Hamlet' filmed at the Roundhouse in London with Antony Hopkins as Claudius, and Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia. Nicol Williamson plays a rather more acerbic and bitter Hamlet than is usually seen.
You might also be able to find a classic production of 'Macbeth' dating from the Seventies, which I was fortunate enough to see on British television back then. Ian McKellen is Macbeth and Judi Dench is Lady Macbeth. It has a minimal amount of props with much of the focus being on the faces, bodies and words of the cast. I know it's available in Great Britain on tape/dvd, and it's the best 'filmed play' as opposed to film adaptation of a play, I know.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Ian McKellen's other great contribution to the Shakespearean canon, his version of 'Richard III', which is actually 'Richard III' with bits from other history plays added, and the more tiresome bits of Richard III left out.
The film is an extremely convincing modernization of the play, transposing it to a quasi-fascist England of the Twenties/Thirties, thus alleviating it of any lingering historical mustiness, as lengthy repetitions of obscure English nobles' names and titles can pall on modern audiences.
All in all, as the Czech critic Jan Kott said, it makes Shakespeare our contemporary. |
Molly, sometimes you scare me. You wrote that from memory? Wow. 
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ajbera
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of the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium
Apr 1999
time: 05:26
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Originally posted by Pekka
"I sat in that f*cking park"
I've been to NY, few times in fact, seen some parks, but I never seen fu***ing park. Could you give me the address, I'd like to visit that one the next time.
Plus I think the next time you go you should be f*ckign instead of sitting, I mean, what's the poitn going in there if you're just going to sit? |
It's the big green thing in the middle of New York City, with all the tall brown and green things that function as high-rise luxury apartments for bushy-tailed rodents. Just walk around with a blank expression on your face and you'll eventually find it, or you'll find some cheerful urbanites who'll gladly assist you.
I was sitting instead of f*cking because I really needed to stay in line for the tickets, and I'm pretty sure there's a 'No f*cking in public' rule at the park. I'll have to look that up, though, because if I could have been f*cking while I was waiting in line, well, that would have made the time pass a bit easier.
Regarding the f*cking, If that 'No f*cking' rule exists, I'm fairly certain it's park-wide, though I'm positive plenty of f*cking goes on anyway. Though, to be fair, I'd bet a good portion of that f*cking is actually rape or molestation. But the next time you come to NY, I advise you to go to the park (remember, big green thing in the middle of the city), find a public restroom, drop your pants and close your eyes and loudly announce "I'm ready for a good f*cking." Pretty soon a beautiful woman will come in and perform fellatio. Just keep your eyes closed and ignore that scratchy thing that feels like a beard.
And, to keep this post OT, I also recommend "Scotland, PA." Clever and funny, and I love Maura Tierney.
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