Overview: As you know, we’ve watched Act V of Hamlet (2009) in class.
Directions: Rent (at Blockbuster [if any still exist] or the library) one of the films below. You can also stream (or) rent some of these through Netflix if you have the opportunity.
- Teenager Hamlet (2010) —Available on Netflix (DVD) [DOCUMENTARY]
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (1999) Michael J. Nelson—Available on Netflix (DVD & Streaming) [COMEDY]
- Fodor’s Hamlet (2007) Alexander Fodor —Available on Netflix (DVD) [INDEPENDENT]
- Hamlet by Brook (2001) Simon Brook—Available on Netflix (DVD) [STAGE]
- Hamlet (1990) [Mel Gibson] Franco Zeffirelli—Available on Netflix (DVD)
- Hamlet (1990) Kevin Klein—Available on Netflix (DVD & Streaming)
- Hamlet (1948) Orson Welles—Available on Netflix (DVD & Streaming)
- Hamlet (1964) Grigori Kozintsev—Available on Netflix (DVD)
- Hamlet (1969) Tony Richardson
- Renaissance Man (1994) --the story of an unemployed advertising executive teaching Hamlet to a group of underachieving trainee soldiers
- In The Bleak Midwinter (aka “A Midwinter’s Tale”) (1996)—the story of a group of actors performing Hamlet
- Hamlet (2000) Michael Almereyda—Available on Netflix (DVD)
- Hamlet (2009) Gregory Doran—Available on Netflix (DVD)
- BBC Television Shakespeare: Hamlet (1980) Rodney Bennett
- Strange Illusion (1945) Edgar G. Ulmer—Available on Netflix (DVD) [CRIME DRAMA]
- Der Rest ist Schweigen (The Rest is Silence) (1959) Helmut Käutner [GERMAN]
- Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemeru (The Bad Sleep Well) (1960) Akira Kurosawa—Available on Netflix (DVD) [JAPANESE]
- Ophélia (1962) Claude Chabrol [FRENCH DRAMA]
- Hamlet Liikemaailmassa (Hamlet Goes Business) (1987) Aki Kaurismäki [FINNISH]
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Tom Stoppard—Available on Netflix (DVD & Streaming) [COMEDY]
- Disney's The Lion King (1994) Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff—Available on Netflix (DVD) [ANIMATION]
- Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) Stacy Title—Available on Netflix (Streaming) [THRILLER]
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Jordan Galland—Available on Netflix (DVD & Streaming) [COMEDY]
After viewing the film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, write a two page analysis of the film modeled after the critique. You must examine the following aspects of the film—
• Script
• Acting/Actors
• Casting (Comment on the actors that the directors chose for the parts.)
• Setting, costumes, & makeup
• Entertainment value (Did you find it enjoyable? Entertaining?)
• Learning value (Anything educational?)
• Artistic value (Was it creative?)