ABSTRACT

Shakespeare, The Movie brings together an impressive line-up of contributors to consider how Shakespeare has been adapted on film, TV, and video, and explores the impact of this popularization on the canonical status of Shakespeare.
Taking a fresh look at the Bard an his place in the movies, Shakespeare, The Movie includes a selection of what is presently available in filmic format to the Shakespeare student or scholar, ranging across BBC television productions, filmed theatre productions, and full screen adaptations by Kenneth Branagh and Franco Zeffirelli. Films discussed include:
* Amy Heckerling's Clueless
* Gus van Sant's My Own Private Idaho
* Branagh's Henry V
* Baz Luhrman's William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
* John McTiernan's Last Action Hero
* Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books
* Zeffirelli's Hamlet.

part |5 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |2 pages

NOTES

part 1|12 pages

TOTALLY CLUELESS?

chapter |2 pages

NOTES

chapter |1 pages

REFERENCES

chapter 3|22 pages

WAR IS MUD

part 4|10 pages

“TOP OF THE WORLD, MA”

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |2 pages

REFERENCES

part 5|13 pages

POPULARIZING SHAKESPEARE

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |2 pages

REFERENCES

part 6|7 pages

SHAKESPEARE WALLAH AND COLONIAL SPECULARITY

chapter |2 pages

NOTES

part 7|15 pages

POETRY IN MOTION

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |2 pages

REFERENCES

part 8|12 pages

WHEN PETER MET ORSON

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |1 pages

REFERENCES

part 9|10 pages

IN SEARCH OF NOTHING

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |1 pages

REFERENCES

chapter |1 pages

STAGE PERFORMANCES OF KING LEAR CITED

chapter 10|21 pages

A SHREW FOR THE TIMES

chapter |7 pages

ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND DIGITAL CINEMA

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |2 pages

REFERENCES

chapter |10 pages

FILM STRATEGIES

chapter |1 pages

NOTES

chapter |1 pages

REFERENCES

part 13|15 pages

AGE CANNOT WITHER HIM

chapter |2 pages

NOTES

chapter |1 pages

FILMS VIEWED

chapter 15|15 pages

THE FAMILY TREE MOTEL