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Shakespeare On Film

02/10/04

Hamlet 20002

Observations

It was a difficult movie to sit through. It is not because the movie is inherently bad but because of my own neurosis. The works of Shakespeare, in my humble estimation, are not meant to be modernized. Modern settings, along with modern stylization detract from the original beauty of the work. It is illogical to watch Polonius giving fatherly advice to the young Ophelia in a penthouse apartment overlooking the East River. And they are speaking Old English !!!!!
Camera work dominates the film. During the intense scenes the camera revolves around the characters rather quickly. The intention is to quicken the action and create more intensity. Let us look at the scene where Hamlet speaks to his ghostly father for the first time. The use of the revolving camera in this scene......

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