Alexander Fodor's Hamlet
by Alexander Fodor
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Actor: James Frail, Jason Wing, Lydia Piechowiak, Max Davis, Wilson BelchambersDirector: Alexander Fodor
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 537054
Studio: S'more Entertainment/Ryko
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- This is Shakespeare in the extreme, set in a nightmarish, Kafkaesque non man s land, visually mesmerizing with countless lateral sub-plots and unexpected twists. This version of the famous Shakespeare tale centers on the ghostly, supernatural aspects of the play. The text is in the original Shakepearean, but the characters' personalities are changed, so for example, Polonius (originally a dodd
Movie Reviews of Alexander Fodor's Hamlet
Movie Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Taken in perspective, given the excellent Hamlets already on film, this is a wonderful addition, placing Hamlet in an up-to-date context. The words are still those of Shakespeare, but the interpretation is of the 21st C, with Ophelia succumbing to drugs, Polonius being recast as Polonia, Ophelia's sister, and other changes that make the tragedy wonderfully meaningful for contemporary viewers.
Shakespeare's Hamlet never grows old. It has been reinterpreted many many times without losing any of its effectiveness and this version adds to all the others in an artistic, stunning fashion.
Summary of Alexander Fodor's Hamlet
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