| Cinematic Shakespeare Contributor(s): Anderegg, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742510913 ISBN-13: 9780742510913 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $95.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Visit our website for sample chapters! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews - Drama |
| Dewey: 791 |
| LCCN: 2003010830 |
| Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.22" W x 9.34" (0.94 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Cinematic Shakespeare investigates how Shakespeare films constitute an exciting and ever-changing film genre. The challenges of adopting Shakespeare to cinema are like few other film genres. Anderegg looks closely at films by Laurence Olivier (Richard III), Orson Welles (Macbeth), and Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) as well as topics like 'Postmodern Shakespeares' (Julie Taymor's Titus and Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books) and multiple adaptations over the years of Romeo and Juliet. A chapter on television looks closely at American broadcasting in the 1950s (the Hallmark Hall of Fame Shakespeare adaptations) and the BBC/Time-Life Shakespeare Plays from the late 70s and early 80s. |
