Shakespeare And Cinema
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Shakespeare on the screen: The Bard in Shimla and a kiss in the mist in ‘Shakespeare Wallah’
James Ivory’s 1965 classic gives a fictional and bitter twist to the Indian travels of Geoffrey Kendal’s Shakespeare company.
Bubla Basu
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Shakespeare on the screen: The sexing up of ‘Othello’ (because race is still too controversial)
Despite several easily adaptable elements, ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice’ is simply unfilmable or much too filmable.
Bubla Basu
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Which is the best screen version of Romeo and Juliet? Don’t look at Luhrmann or Bhansali
Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film adaptation comes closest to the youthful spirit and tragedy of William Shakepeare’s iconic play.
Bubla Basu
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