Screen LibraryShakespeare films : a re-evaluation of 100 years of adaptations /
"This study reexamines the recognized "canon" of films based on Shakespeare's plays. Emphasis is shifted from the director's contribution, to the film's social, cultural and historical contexts. The work of the auteurs is reevaluated within contemporary contexts, preser...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This study reexamines the recognized "canon" of films based on Shakespeare's plays. Emphasis is shifted from the director's contribution, to the film's social, cultural and historical contexts. The work of the auteurs is reevaluated within contemporary contexts, preserving the established canon while proposing new criteria for inclusion"-- |
| Carrier Form: | v, 203 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-197) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781476662541 1476662541 |
| Index Number: | PR3093 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/B114 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Silent Shakespeare -- The classical Hollywood period to World War II -- Olivier and Welles -- Kurosawa -- Kozintsev -- Zeffirelli -- Kott, Brook, Richardson and Polanski -- The 1970s and 1980s -- Branagh -- Millennial Shakespeare -- Conclusion. |