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A lively, concise introduction to film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays from the silent era to the present, Shakespeare and Film pays particular attention to the most influential directors' cinematic... read more

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I taught my first course on Shakespeare on Film in the Spring of 1973.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Shakespeare on Film and Television
A Brief Guide to Film Grammar and Rhetoric

Part I: A Brief HIstory of Shakespeare on Film
1. Establishing Shot: History
2. Close-Up: Major Directors I: Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, and Kenneth Brabagh
3. Close-Up: Major Directors II: Akira Kurosawa, Grigori Kozintsev, and Franco Zeffirelli
4. Long Shot: Shakespeare and Television
5. Wide Angle: The Films of the 1990s

Part II: Analyzing Shakespeare on Film
6. Auteurs and Actors: Cameras, Editing, Music, and Acting
7. Deep Focus: Text and Context
8. Depth of Field: Text and Image
9. Montage: Beginnings and Signature Shots
10. Soliloquies and Scenes: Adapting Stage Conventions to the Screen

Appendices
Glossary of Basic Film and Critical Terminology
Selective Bibliography
Selective Filmography
Index

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  1. Samuel Crowl (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780393927658
Page Count: 238

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  • Library of Congress: PR3093.C747 2008
  • Dewey: 791.436
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  1. film
  2. shakespeare 

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