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I'd like to see Juliet Landau as Ophelia.
When I was growing up we didn't have a VCR and miniseries were very important to my parents so I have icky memories of watching Roots and The Holocaust while eating dinner.
Does Testament count as a made-for-TV movie? It was planned as one but released in theatres after it was made however I only saw it on TV. I had nightmares about nuclear war for years after.
The Tennant Hamlet was fun.
It was fan-fucking-tastic, is what it was!
I have yet to like a Hamlet. I think it's because I didn't study it in school, so I'm missing subtleties. Hell, I didn't even know how it ended until the Gibson outing.
I have yet to like a Hamlet.
Have you seen the musical version they did on Gilligans's Island?
You probably wouldn't like that version either.
Have you seen the musical version they did on Gilligans's Island?
I've yet to see an episode of Gilligan's Island. And that bothers me not one whit. I expect to die this deprived.
I hated Gibson's. Liked Brannaugh's just fine. Never saw Ethan Hawke, and as mentioned before I want the Tennant version to be a person so I can do dirty things to it, I loved it so much.
I really don't think that all deaths of women are fridging, and that article edges close to this. Also, men are killed to give male characters angst too. Nolan has a pretty high body count period.
But, no, he's not populating his worlds richly with women of extreme agency. However, is he had?
This comic linked in the comments is a pretty amusing take on that topic.
Testament
I met Jane Alexander at a book convention about 10 years ago, and I mentioned that film as my favorite of hers. She told me that it's the one that's lasted the longest with her, and the scene where she's bathing her son in the tub still gives her flashbacks.
There was an animated version of The Tempest that planned in the 50s pr 60s. Don't think animation was finished, but the sound track was. Paul Robeson did the voice of Caliban. Google gives no joy on this, but my Mom who was heavily involved in the Hollywood left at that time swears it was true. The famous animator (not sure if French or not) who was doing the animation died before it was finished and without that famous animator's name the project collapsed. However much of the animation was done. I always thought someday someone might get hold of the soundtrack and possibly the animation if it survived and finish it.
