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| Title : | The Return of Shakespeare on Film – Part II |
| Venue : | IndiCine, KLPac Level 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park, Jalan Strachan (off Jalan Ipoh) Kuala Lumpur Opening Hours : Office hours: 10.00am-6.30pm, Monday-Friday 10.00am-2.00pm, Saturday URL : http://www.klpac.com |
| Date & Time : | Sun 11 May - Sun 1 Jun 2008 (3pm) |
| Tickets : | Free Admission (Strictly on a first come first serve basis) |
| Phone : | 03-4047 9000 (KLPac) |
| Synopsis : | Paul Loosley presents Part 2 of his "Shakespeare on Film" series for the year, with screenings of: Sun 11 May 2008 (3pm) Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" (King Lear) (1985) The story of Shakespeare’s deceived, foolish and ultimately crazed king masterfully translated into a Kabuki-flavoured, samurai epic. The treachery and the ambition could not be more perfectly at home as when among Japan’s castles and kimonos, mountains and black sands. And all bathed in Kurosawa’s familiar elemental images – the wind, the water, the fire and especially, the blood. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai. Sun 18 May 2008 (3pm) Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "Julius Caesar" (1953) Marlon Brando’s sometimes brooding sometimes bad tempered, method inspired, Mark Anthony dominates this rather studio-bound film. One can also feel a hint of contemporary cold war angst seeping out of the almost sculptured black and white set pieces, as heroic Americans confront very English accented villains. Yet, as one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedies, this film is remarkably short on gore. Sun 25 May 2008 (3pm) Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight" (Henry IV & Merry Wives of Windsor) (1965) Always the revisionist, Welles extracts the best parts of Sir John Falstaff and molds them into a single and singular character study. In this very rare, hard-to-find film, Welles himself plays one of Shakespeare’s best loved figures with alternating gusto, cowardice, cunning and charm. Almost creating a separate and new piece of Shakespeare. Which, one assumes, was the intention. Sun 1 Jun 2008 (3pm) Jerome Robbins' "West Side Story" (Romeo & Juliet) (1961) In one of the most nimble and certainly one of the most popular transformations of any Shakespeare play, the Montagues and Capulets become two street gangs; the Jets and the Sharks, fair Verona becomes New York City, the star-crossed lovers become a white Tony and a Puerto Rican Maria, and the Bard’s priceless prose becomes simple, single word songs. Starring Natalie Wood. |
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