Month: October 2016
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Natasha Krahn: Film Review
Hamlet is one of my favourite of Shakespeare’s plays therefore, I chose to review Zeffirelli’s version of Hamlet. What I did find, is that the music was underwhelming, but the amount of music used felt more as if they were using rules of the theatre, where music is to be used in small amounts. I…
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Samuel Martyn: Film Review
Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V (1989) is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play of the same name. I feel as though the film, through methods unavailable in a theatrical performance, was able to produce more subtleties and evoke emotion that a live stage performance would not be able to. These factors, I believe make the film…
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Carly Splett: Film Review
Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet”, is a decidedly bold experiment in adapting Shakespeare to film. Throughout the entirety of the film, there is a constantly whirling suspension of conflict between the preservation of tradition and precedence, and the fearless integration of new concepts. In considering the grand scale of what this film has set out…
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Jessica Whitmore: Film Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet (1996)
Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is a highly stylized, modern interpretation of the original play. The characters in Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet are set in Verona Beach, a city which is reminiscent of Miami circa the 1990’s. Unlike Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of the same play, which poses the characters in “fair Verona”…
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Hilary James: Film Review
Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night or What You Will (1996) is a witty, heartfelt rendition of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. Nunn brought the story to life through excellent casting, giving the audience background information, and physical closeness to the characters. The true highlight of the film for me was watching Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia and Imogen…
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Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1 (Scene comparison) – Arshpreet Dhariwal
“To be or not to be” (Act 3 Scene 1) is possibly one of the most famous Shakespearean soliloquies of all time, in one of the most critically acclaimed and audience renowned plays written by William Shakespeare. Hamlet has been recreated time after time in different eras of the century and still manages to captivate the…
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Anja Dörfler: Scene Comparison – Hamlet
For my Blog Post I´ve chosen Act 3, Scene 1 from Olivier´s Hamlet (1948) and Zeffirelli´s Hamlet (1990). This scene shows one of the most famous Shakespeare soliloquies. The reason why I chose these two directors is because they each use very distinct approaches. Olivier, as a man of the theater, defines his productions of…
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Bridget Thomas: Film Review
Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night or What You Will is a wonderful adaptation of one of William Shakespeare’s many comedy of errors. It opens with a montage of a ship wreck and introduces us to Viola and Sebastian. This montage informs they audience of what has gotten us here. When Twelfth Night would have been performed originally…
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Zhen Deng: Film Review
Baz Luhrmann makes excellent interpretive choices to emphasize the importance of fate in his 1996 film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Through some may cite its deviations from the original Shakespearean text as demerits, overall, Luhrmann’s use of scenery and film technique to emphasize the importance of fate in his film strongly overcomes any of…
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Act 2, Scene 2; Romeo & Juliet 1968 and 1996
Romeo and Juliet is truly a classic play written by Shakespeare. That is part of the reason I chose to compare the act 2, scene 2 in the films that were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and also the newer version of Romeo and Juliet made by Baz Luhrmann in 1996. The…