Erland Josephson, Isabelle Pasco, John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc
Set between 1599 and 1611, Prospero, a former Duke of Milan, has been exiled to an island far from Europe. By studying the 24 books he was allowed to take with him, he has transformed the island into ...( read more
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Greenaway brings his pattened style to this tale set in Machievelli's Milan. The visuals are quite compelling but the story drags in places. The theatrical side of the director just could not say no to monologues from Gielgud.
Artistic expression at its deepest meaning. The best and most original, controversial, unique and visionary adaptation of Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, gloriously put on the big screen. It is not boring, neither tedious at any point: the magnificence of Greenaway's work i...( read more)
Now here's a film so full of bizarre ideas and humor and ambition that you can't help but admire it. However, it is a beautiful film and the images are so full of life and energy and it's definitely worth seeing for those. Most people will be shocked by the overabundance of nudit...( read more)
I've only seen the opening sequence and main titles of this movie, but what I saw was absolutely spellbinding. I'm starting to really like Greenaway, and I really must see this movie in full.
Although I love Shakespeare's The Tempest, Greenaway's adaptaption doesn't fully do it justice. However, the images are absolutely stunning. Perhaps, Greenaway is working on a entirely different plain than most film-viewers expectations. This was the last collaboration between Gr...( read more)
It is simply a work of original art, which Greenaway asks us to accept or reject on his own terms. full review
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