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Jan 20, 2005 · The film opens by visualizing an event referred to only in dialogue in the original: We see the merchant Antonio (Jeremy Irons) spit at Shylock on the Rialto bridge, as part of a demonstration against the Jews who are both needed and hated in Venice — needed, because without money-lenders, the city’s economy cannot function, and hated, because Christians must therefore do business with the ...
- Introduction
- Setting and Blocking in Radford’s Merchant of Venice
- The Screenplay of Radford’s Merchant of Venice
- The Acting in Radford’s Merchant of Venice
- Conclusion
In an era when we lament the fact that the remake, the sequel, and the reboot have come to dominate the media landscape, it can be easy to forget that older forms of art (in particular, theatre) used to survive exclusively through their continual reinterpretation and re-presentation. Since his death, William Shakespeare has arguably garnered more o...
One of the key features of the scene in the movie is the crowd gathered at the court. Unless the word othersin the play’s direction of this scene is stretched widely, the assembly in the movie greatly outnumbers the group of people Shakespeare originally allotted the occasion. This crowd, as a decision of the director, functions on two levels. The ...
The utilization of Shakespeare’s language, being quintessential to the work, is one of the strongest tools a moviemaker has in influencing the audience’s perception of the characters. As Pacino comes to Shylock’s monologue about not needing to fear judgment, he speaks a key change in the comment, “The pound of flesh which I demand of him/ Is dearly...
Ultimately, the clear oppression of Shylock as the driving force in his seeking Antonio’s pain and flesh comes down to two moments in the trial scene. In these scenes the subtle emotion of Pacino is vitally important. Earlier, when Shylock is voicing his concerns about lending to Antonio, he mentions that Antonio spat on him in public, a reminder w...
Justice, and in that justice a sort of dignity, is clearly the most important thing to Shylock. Indeed, the clause “I will have my bond” appears dozens of times in his dialogue throughout the play and movie. Unfortunately for Shylock, what he sees as fair revenge for a lifetime of wrongs all at once, others understandably interpret as murder. And i...
The Merchant of Venice: Directed by Michael Radford. With Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins. In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
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- Drama, Romance
- Michael Radford
- 2005-02-18
Jun 19, 2016 · The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #30: The Merchant of Venice (2004) #30. Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice (2004) In the 1970s, Pacino could do little wrong, even when chewing up the scenery in a paint-by-numbers message film like And Justice for All. Film culture had changed by the 1990s, however.
Box office. $21,417,725 [ 2 ] The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on Shakespeare 's play of the same name. It is the first full-length sound film in English of Shakespeare's play—other versions are videotaped productions which were made for television, including John Sichel 's 1973 version and Jack Gold 's 1980 BBC ...
Dec 29, 2004 · Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and director Michael Radford glean insights from Shakespeare's play.
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Dec 29, 2004 · A 'Merchant of Venice' of Its Own Time, for Our Time NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the first full-length feature film of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.He says director Michael Radford's ...
