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Scene Comparison – Zeffirelli’s Hamlet (1990) and Almereyda’s Hamlet (2000)
I will be analyzing the following two scenes from Zeffirelli’s 1990 version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQ5ryS-YvM) and Almereyda’s 2000 version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I81HGVdGzQc) of Hamlet. In Act 1 Scene 5 of Hamlet, Hamlet’s father comes back as a ghost asking him to take revenge on Hamlet’s uncle who killed his father and took the crown. The 1990 version uses a…
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A Scene Comparison: Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 2 is the most memorable and pivotal scene in the play and I have chosen to compare the way in which the three most popularized films, Zeffirelli (1968), Luhrmann (1996), and Carlei (2013) have interpreted this moment. This scene involves Romeo risking his life to catch a glance at Juliet…
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Hamlet’s dynamic potential: an Act III Scene 1 comparison
Act III Scene 1 of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet contains Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy followed by dialogue between Hamlet and Ophelia. The scene portrays Hamlet’s mental state as well as the status of his relationship with Ophelia. Film adaptations of Hamlet directed by Sir Lawrence Olivier (1948), Franco Zeffirelli (1990), and Kenneth…
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Much Ado About Nothing – A Film Review
Set in the countryside of Messina, Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing is comedic, romantic, and cheerful. The film consists of a star-studded cast, including Branagh as Benedick, Emma Thompson as Beatrice, Denzel Washington as Don Pedro, Kate Beckinsale as Hero, and Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio to name a few. The…
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Romeo + Juliet Film Review
By Amanda Faller Romeo + Juliet (1996) directed by Baz Luhrmann is an enormously polarizing film. Although I can see why some truly do not like it, I hardly agree with them. Romeo + Juliet is a one of a kind film, filled with dazzling visuals and touching, good-bump inflicting moments. Luhrmann’s treatment of…
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To be or not to be? (Scene Comparison)
Kenneth Branagh (1996) vs. Franco Zeffirelli (1990) Here are two massive Hollywood productions, competing for Oscar nominations in their respective years. Branagh in all his Shakespeare enthusiasm made one of the longest movies ever (3hr58min). Zeffirelli was completing his Shakespeare works with a more accepted film length. (Which also ended up being better received, at…
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A Film Review of Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. That is no new news, and yet the statement gains a fresh connotation when it is made in light of (or indeed, when it is making light of) the 1996 Hollywood retelling: Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet. Taken out of its original Renaissance setting, modernization has not been kind…