The Reel Shakespeare ALTERNATIVE CINEMA AND THEORY

This collection models an approach to Shakespeare and cinema that is concerned with the OotherO side of ShakespeareOs 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, GreenwayOs ProsperoOs Books, GodardOs King Lear, HallOs A Midsummer NightOs Dream, TaymorOs Titus, PolanskiOs Macbeth, WellesO Chimes at Midnight,I., and Van SantOs My Own Private Idaho.