Coriolanus

there are more adaptations of shakespeare committed to film than i would have time to list here. such adaptations take many, many approaches in telling the story of a modern audience. some, like franco zeffirelli's hamlet starring mel gibson or romeo & juliet with olivia hussey, keep to a traditional context and stay faithful in both script and setting. others completely modernize setting and language until they are more loose adaptations, such as ten things i hate about you or o. the ones i often find the most interesting are those which retain the original language, yet set the film within... read more