Hamlet
In The Wooster Group’s HAMLET, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton’s 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film that was shown as a special event for only two days in nearly 1,000 movie houses across the U.S. The idea of bringing a live theater experience to thousands of simultaneous viewers in different cities was trumpeted as a new form called “Theatrofilm,” made possible through “the miracle of Electronovision.” The Wooster Group attempts to reverse the process, reconstructing a hypothetical theater piece from the fragmentary evidence of the edited film. We channel the ghost of the legendary 1964 performance, descending into a kind of madness, intentionally replacing our own spirit with the spirit of another.
Year: 2013
Genre: Drama
Studio: The Wooster Group
Director: Elizabeth LeCompte
Cast: Scott Shepherd, Ari Fliakos, Kate Valk, Koosil-ja, Alessandro Magania, Greg Mehrten
Runtime: 92 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 2013
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Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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