Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A still from Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books (1991). Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this is easily one of the weirdest, most nonsensical films I’ve seen in my life, but it’s so visually fascinating that it’s definitely worth a watch. Ideally, though, one should read The Tempest before watching it. It’s very confusing even when you’ve read the play, but utterly baffling if you haven’t. Nonetheless, it proved a very interesting topic of study for our ‘Shakespeare on Film’ seminar this morning. Next fortnight: Othello!

A still from Peter Greenaway’s Prospero’s Books (1991).

Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this is easily one of the weirdest, most nonsensical films I’ve seen in my life, but it’s so visually fascinating that it’s definitely worth a watch.

Ideally, though, one should read The Tempest before watching it. It’s very confusing even when you’ve read the play, but utterly baffling if you haven’t. Nonetheless, it proved a very interesting topic of study for our ‘Shakespeare on Film’ seminar this morning. Next fortnight: Othello!

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