Shakespeare and Film - A Brief Norton Guide : A Norton Guide

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Shakespeare on Film and Television xi A Brief Guide to Film Grammar and Rhetoric xxiii PART I: A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 1. ESTABLISHING SHOT: History 3 2. CLOSE-UP: Major Directors I: Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, and Kenneth Branagh 21 3. CLOSE-UP: Major Directors II: Akira Kurosawa, Grigori Kozintsev, and Franco Zeffirelli 41 4. LONG SHOT: Shakespeare and Television 61 5. WIDE ANGLE: The Films of the 1990's 80 PART II: ANALYZING SHAKESPEARE ON FILM 6. AUTEURS AND ACTORS: Camera, Editing, Music, and Acting 101 7. DEEP Focus: Text and Context 128 8. DEPTH OF FIELD: Text and Image 145 9. MONTAGE: Beginnings and Signature Shots 161 10. SOLILOQUIES AND SCENES: Adapting Stage Conventions to the Screen 179 APPENDICES Glossary of Basic Film and Critical Terminology 197 Selective Bibliography 203 Selective Filmography 209 Index 221