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Shakespeare on Film - Suggestions?
This kind of ties in to my thread in the Books forum.
I'm trying to get more into the works of William Shakespeare (among others), but his work is doubtlessly meant to be seen rather than read. It is still a great read, but Shakespeare on paper is NOTHING compared to Shakespeare on stage.
What I'm looking for are either film versions of Shakespeare's plays that stay familiar to the original source material (IE, I'm not looking for 10 Things I Hate About You or She's The Man), or filmed stage productions that are availible on DVD.
The big thing for me is that they are faithful to the original works. Are Olivier's films close to the originals? I've never seen any of his Shakespeare adaptions...sad, I know. What about Branagh's films - close to the source? I'm particularly interested in his Othello.
Anyone have some suggestions?
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