Shakespeare in the cinema : ocular proof / Stephen M. Buhler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buhler, Stephen M., 1954-

Series:

The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

English drama--Film adaptations.

English drama.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering a comprehensive look at the strategies that filmmakers have employed in adapting Shakespeare's plays to the cinema, this book investigates what the task of Shakespearean adaptation reveals about film in general and focuses on patterns and approaches shared by various cinematic works. Buhler provides concise histories of each general strategy, which include non-illusionistic cinema, documentary interpretations, mass-market productions, transgressive and transnational cinema, and approaches that see film as either distinct from the stage or as an extension of theatrical traditions. The book spans more than a century of film, starting with the 1899 King John and extending through Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julie Taymor's Titus, and later releases.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Shakespeare Test

Ocular Proof: Three Versions of Othello

Documentary Shakespeare

Shakespeare and the Screen Idol

Shakespeare the Filmmaker

The Revenge of the Actor-Manager

Transgressive, in Theory

Gaining in Translation

Conclusion: The Next Century of Shakespeare

Works Cited

Index Of Shakespearean Plays and Films

General Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-7914-8975-2

0-585-45028-5

OCLC:

52418388