IDK why some people are saying this looks terrible? because brb wetting pants omg skjhfskjhfkallfakjfh

 Interview with Helen Mirren; clips from Julie Taymor's Tempest.

SO FUCKING EXCITE

I like how when I post about having seen a film of Hamlet, I have to use at least five tags to cover all the categories that falls into. Ah, me. Anyway...

So those who have read my earler posts about Hamlets on film will know that I originally had... a slight aversion to this particular film, for a reason I'm not entirely sure of anymore. I ( Read more... )

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Recipe for a CRAZY FUCKING DAY:

1. Watch Fodor's Hamlet. Brain given a sound beating; heart savagely ripped in two.

2. See Inception. Bruised brain also ripped in two, along with perhaps a lung.

3. Try to keep from weeping while also wondering IS THIS REAL LIFE?

...and now, neither can you.


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 ( spoilers for asta nielsen's hamlet )

DO WANT THIS. SO MUCH.


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So the culmination of my all-nighter last night was me watching Julius Caesar - not, actually, the Shakespeare one, but this 2002 TV film, which I found on youtube. The image is not the most flattering, nor is that the right trailer, obviously, but search "julius caesar 2002" on youtube and you'll find something.

I enjoyed it! A lot! It felt kind of ( Read more... )

I SAW A VERY POTTER SEQUEL; IT WAS GLORIOUS.

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Another one of my "late at night having just watched a movie and need to scrawl down some reactions immediately" posts.

200C MACBETH. FUCK, that was a good movie. I mean, maybe it's just that it's the only film version I've seen of it (or the only full-length anything of it post reading/understanding the play).

( despair thy charm )