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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819432303321

Autore

Buhler Stephen M. <1954->

Titolo

Shakespeare in the cinema [[electronic resource] ] : ocular proof / / Stephen M. Buhler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002

ISBN

0-7914-8975-2

0-585-45028-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video

Disciplina

791.43/6

Soggetti

English drama

Motion pictures - History

Film adaptations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Shakespeare Test -- Ocular Proof: Three Versions of Othello -- Documentary Shakespeare -- Shakespeare and the Screen Idol -- Shakespeare the Filmmaker -- The Revenge of the Actor-Manager -- Transgressive, in Theory -- Gaining in Translation -- Conclusion: The Next Century of Shakespeare -- Works Cited -- Index Of Shakespearean Plays and Films -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a comprehensive look at the strategies that filmmakers have employed in adapting Shakespeare's plays to the cinema, this book investigates what the task of Shakespearean adaptation reveals about film in general and focuses on patterns and approaches shared by various cinematic works. Buhler provides concise histories of each general strategy, which include non-illusionistic cinema, documentary interpretations, mass-market productions, transgressive and transnational cinema, and approaches that see film as either distinct from the stage or as an extension of theatrical traditions. The book spans more than a century of film, starting with the 1899 King John and extending through Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julie Taymor's Titus, and later releases.