Shakespeare on Film: A Bleg
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Interested in seeing a bunch of Shakespeare on film, pursuant to possibly writing a screen adaptation of one of his lesser-known plays. (Something I always wanted to direct for the stage, but now I’m wondering whether it mightn’t profit me to go another route.)
I have already seen:
– Olivier’s “Henry V,” “Hamlet,” and “Richard III”
– Branagh’s “Henry V” and “Much Ado About Nothing”
– Ian McKellen’s “Richard III”
– Ethan Hawke’s “Hamlet”
– Orson Welles’ “Othello” and “The Chimes at Midnight”
– Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho”
– Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” and “Ran”
– Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” and “West Side Story”
– And, not that these are actually adaptations of Shakespeare, “To Be Or Not To Be” (both versions), “Elizabeth Rex,” “Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” and “Shakespeare in Love.”
Other suggestions?
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