This is the first time I have seen this film, and even though we aren't watching it in its entirety, I must, once more, force myself to write some thoughts. For some reason, I can't quite find anything particularly insightful to say about Lear, which is impressive given that I always have something to say. Perhaps (or hopefully, rather) this is just a side-effect Lear.
My first superficial comment is that I struggle watching the film with the subtitles... Shakespeare, as pointed out by Hughes, is known for his language. I struggle to watch the action taking place because I can't take my eyes off the text. The complexity of the language is at the point of requiring just enough of my attention to draw me away from the action. This is an interesting intersection of Shakespeare and technology. Shakespeare's plays were initial written to be performed, not read. Now we live in an age where almost all of the one's encounters with Shakespeare's 'plays' is in the form of text or film, neither of which are Shakespeare's intended medium. I wish I had more answers than questions, but I'm just left wondering how else the technology of these past four hundred years have influenced not only productions of Shakespeare, but interpretations as well? How does the world react to these new mediums of Shakespeare?
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