The Reel Shakespeare: ALTERNATIVE CINEMA AND THEORY

by Lisa S. Starks (Editor), Courtney Lehmann (Editor)

Overview

This collection models an approach to Shakespeare and cinema that is concerned with the ‘other’ side of Shakespeare’s Hollywood celebrity, taking the reader on a practical and theoretical tour through important, non-mainstream films and the oppositional messages they convey. The collection includes essays on early silent adaptations of Hamlet, Greenway’s Prospero’s Books, Godard’s King Lear, Hall’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taymor’s Titus, Polanski’s Macbeth, Welles’ Chimes at Midnight,I., and Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611472325
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	10/01/2002
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)