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  1. Tempest, The (1979) (1979 Film)

    Director
    Derek Jarman
    Producer
    Guy Ford; Mordecai Schreiber
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 91 minutes), £8.69

    Low-budget adaptation of the play using chiaroscuro lighting, location shooting, unusual casting, and eccentric costuming. The film remains faithful to the spirit of the play. Jarman’s understanding of the...

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  2. Hamlet (1964) (1964 Film)

    aka: Hamlet

    Director
    Grigori Kozintsev
    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £13.20

    Feature film version of the play, with a heavily cut text based on Pasternak’s translation. The political stance of the film-maker is to the fore, and the cinematography stark and elemental. recently...

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  3. Throne of Blood (1957 Film, Video)

    aka: Throne of Blood

    Director
    Akira Kurosawa
    Producer
    Akira Kurosawa
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £14.99

    The story of MACBETH transposed to medieval Japan, with Macbeth as a samurai and drawing on traditions from Noh drama. Toshiro Mifune is Macbeth. In Kurosawa’s masterly interpretation of MACBETH ‘the...

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