Commentary: Jonathan Miller, Glenda Jackson, Baz Luhrmann, Germaine Greer, Kenneth Branagh, Jonathan Bate, Anthony Holden, Mark Rylance, Julie Taymor. Originally produced in 2000.
Contents:
Film excerpts: Julie Taymor's Titus ; Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost ; Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet ; Laurence Olivier's Hamlet ; Peter Brook's A Midsummer night's dream ; Laurence Fishburn in Othello.
Summary:
Making the leap from stage to cinema, the plays of William Shakespeare have enjoyed decades of popularity on both sides of the Atlantic. This program combines clips from significant movie productions with an eclectic group of interviews to demonstrate the Bard's uncanny ability to fire the modern imagination -- especially through the medium of film.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)53060201
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.