Ken Branagh's Henry V and Much Ado. Had an immense effect on making Shakespeare real and relatable for contemporary audiences-- making the dialogue very conversational and shading it with tone and nuance that made it more than a collection of arcane words.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Barb - Mar 05, 2010 7:48:01 am PST #11028 of 28348
“Not dead yet!”
juliana - Mar 05, 2010 7:51:06 am PST #11029 of 28348
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Kurosawa remade Macbeth and King Lear. Both in awesome fashion.
dcp - Mar 05, 2010 7:52:49 am PST #11030 of 28348
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Sons of Anarchy was much like Hamlet, at first.
Kathy A - Mar 05, 2010 7:53:24 am PST #11031 of 28348
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The Trevor Nunn-directed stage version of Macbeth with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is terrific and pretty groundbreaking, from what I've read.
Sue - Mar 05, 2010 7:54:12 am PST #11032 of 28348
hip deep in pie
Songs:
Prospero's Speech - Lorena McKennit
Sister Moon- Sting
Innocent One - Michael Penn
Juliet - Royal Wood
Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straights
Polter-Cow - Mar 05, 2010 7:55:44 am PST #11033 of 28348
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
the play, Good Morning Desdemona, Goodnight Juliet
The Canadian knows what I'm talking about!
"The Shakespeare Code." Hee.
brenda m - Mar 05, 2010 7:56:25 am PST #11034 of 28348
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Strange Brew!
juliana - Mar 05, 2010 7:56:39 am PST #11035 of 28348
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Olivier's Henry V was immensely effective at its release as a patriotic vehicle.
My Own Private Idaho is basically Henry IV
Hamlet has always been a good barometer of national attitudes toward intellectualism, insanity, and military actions. A completely sane Hamlet was only introduced in the nineteenth century.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2010 7:57:25 am PST #11036 of 28348
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Looking for Richard
erikaj - Mar 05, 2010 7:57:28 am PST #11037 of 28348
Always Anti-fascist!
Deadwood, although it was only *described* as Shakespearean, but I think it counts.