Shakespeare

Over the last couple of weeks, I've found myself watching a couple of Shakespeare re-tellings, including Baz Luhrmann's rather excellent 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet. O doesn't quite measure up to Luhrmann's visionary re-telling of star-crossed lovers, but in many respects it's rather unfair to compare the two as they deal with their source material in very different ways: Luhrmann and Craig Pearce update the surroundings, dress and props for the late twentieth century, but leave the dialogue in Shakespearean English; in O, Brad Kaaya provides a fresh environment for the tale of Othello in his screenplay.

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O [DVD] [2000]