It is original to the movie, and yet the dialogue is still from the play it doesn't misrepresent anything about the characters in its new context.
For instance, the little "prologue" scene showing the internment of the dead king.
Zefirelli's adaptations WORK as film-making, without detracting from (or unnecessarily supplementing) Shakespeare's language. Films unfold at a different pace than stage plays. And the use of film rather than stage allows (even necessitates) different types of dramatic development.
All productions (except Branagh's) cut certain elements as a sacrifice to tighter (though narrower) focus. And the text per se, of course, will always exist in absolute form despite the number of hands that manipulate it. I should begin by saying that I approve of ALL interpretations, because each choice reflects different possibilities all of which are supportable by the text no one vision can encompass every potentiality inherent in the play. The naturalistic style popular in later adaptations, from the 1990s onward, can be too fast or delivered with a flat inflection.I'd put off viewing this version of "Hamlet" for a long time, because I'd heard that they'd turned this most cerebral of plays into an "action movie", but I ended up quite liking it. And, when actors shift from stage acting to film, they can either act brilliantly or over-emote and lose Shakespeare’s humor. The casting also tends to be very white, but hopefully that will change in the future.Įach approach to the classic play has its pros and cons. This could be because Hamlet recently studied at a university, is famously unsure of what to do, or because many people first read Hamlet in high school or college. Hamlet as a character is supposedly about 30 years old, even though many people in their teens and early 20s relate to him or play him as younger. Legendary, 19 th century French actor Sarah Bernhardt played him onstage in 1899 and in 1900 on film. Between the ghost of Hamlet’s father, the castle of Elsinore, murders, sword-fights, and Hamlet’s play within a play, there’s a lot of opportunities for actors and directors to put a fresh spin on this classic in the best Hamlet movie adaptations.Įven starring as Hamlet is an iconic role for actors of any age and gender. The medieval Danish prince delivers eloquent soliloquies and ponders timeless moral questions. William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet is perfectly suited to creative adaptations.
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