Genre
Shakespeare Adaptations
Shakespeare on film, from reverent stagings to complete transpositions into other eras and languages. The text is fixed; everything else is up for argument.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa · 1957
Ran
Akira Kurosawa · 1985
Henry V
Laurence Olivier · 1944
Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann · 1996
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