Hamlet

Synopsis: Supernatural thriller version of Hamlet. ‘Hamlet is a ghost story - so why has nobody ever told it as one? In Fodor’s HAMLET emphasis is put on the nightmarish ether of the play, setting it in a surrealistic no-man’s land. Rather than following traditional, schoolbook definitions of characters, these are ripped apart. So, for example, the traditionally weak Ophelia, is now dominated by her elder sister Polonia (normally a male comic role) who supplies her with addictive drugs to cement that control. Hamlet’s father, The Ghost (normally an heroic victim) is now a vicious psychopath, manipulating his own son to gain brutal vengeance on his murderer, Claudius. And yet not a single line is added or changed, the difference is how they are delivered - naturalistically with the emphasis on making sure an audience who may never even have heard a single line of Shakespeare accept it as though it is merely an alternative accent of English’ [From the film’s website accessed 11/2007)].
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2006
Duration: 147 mins

Director

Alexander Fodor

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