I've always seen him as a post-grad, mid-twenties guy. Someone who really likes being an intellectual, hanging out with actors, discussing the meanings of things.
Definitly the Ethan Hawke version, then.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Lilty Cash - Jun 17, 2004 9:58:19 am PDT #3457 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2004 10:00:41 am PDT #3458 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, I'm unreasonably fond of Polanski's version of the Scottish play, despite some significant liberties with the text (although more in terms of the action than the speech).
Isn't that the one where Lady Macbeth is like sixteen? It's so dark and dreary. And the floating dagger is kind of laughable. But it has a nice beheading. We saw this is as well in The Class.
juliana - Jun 17, 2004 10:00:53 am PDT #3459 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Definitly the Ethan Hawke version, then.
Yeah, but that requires stomaching Ethan Hawke. The last time I liked him was in Gattica. I guess I already consider him to be so whiny that I had a hard time separating him from the role.
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2004 10:01:20 am PDT #3460 of 10002
brillig
One thing with Branagh's Hamlet, I finally understood what teh big deal about Charlton Heston was. That one speech, delivered from a single standing position, gave me chills.
And while there are issues with the "stunt" casting, Billy Crystal was perfect as the Gravedigger. Cynical, sarcastic, contemptuous, much more at home with the bones than with people.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2004 10:01:39 am PDT #3461 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Gods, yes. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis. I adore that version, unlike the largely unwatchable Orson Welles version.
I like the Welles because he filmed it just like a made on the cheap Republic serial (mainly because he made it for Republic, on the cheap), although that doesn't excuse Jeanette Nolan as his atrocious Lady M.
I also love THRONE OF BLOOD, but, I mean, Tushiro Mifune - what's not to love?
Jessica - Jun 17, 2004 10:02:45 am PDT #3462 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Definitly the Ethan Hawke version, then.
Well, except that version has no Players.
JohnSweden - Jun 17, 2004 10:03:16 am PDT #3463 of 10002
I can't even.
I saw it in April in Stratford-Upon-Avon by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and it was amazing! Squee!
Our Stratford is putting on Macbeth this season. C'mon up!
t Taunty McTempterson
Pix - Jun 17, 2004 10:03:30 am PDT #3464 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
I should tell you that I find iambic pentameter very, very sexy.
And in the spiced Indian air by night,
Full often hath she gossiped by my side,
And sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands,
Marking the embarked traders on the flood...
Nutty - Jun 17, 2004 10:04:29 am PDT #3465 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
No, I haven't read that book.
I have yet to see an Ophelia I really like.
Jessica is me. Except for the part where I have never seen an actorly "crazy" that I like. Ophelia should be off-putting, just when everyone trots out the bathos.
Lilty Cash - Jun 17, 2004 10:07:10 am PDT #3466 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Yeah, but that requires stomaching Ethan Hawke. The last time I liked him was in Gattica. I guess I already consider him to be so whiny that I had a hard time separating him from the role.
Hee, hee, hee. I know. It's like he found out he'd finally gotten Hamlet and just said to himself "Damn, I been playing that part since Reality Bites."