King Lear (1987)

Jean-Luc Godard – King Lear (1987) Movies

Posted by newland at June 7, 2010

This offbeat adaptation gives the viewer a postmodern taste of Shakespeare through the eyes of a deliberately obscure auteur. The film is set some time after Chernobyl has wiped everything out, and the world is trying to set itself right again. William Shakespeare Jr. the Fifth (Peter Sellars) is faced with the task of restoring his famed ancestor's lost works. He visits a resort in Switzerland and becomes fascinated with a visiting gangster, Don Learo (Burgess Meredith) and his lovely daughter, Cordelia (Molly Ringwald), who converse in actual Shakespearean lines. That's as close to the bard as this King Lear gets. It also includes appearances by Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, and director Godard himself as Professor Pluggy, a deranged individual who seems fascinated with Xeroxing his own hand.

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King Lear (1987) Movies

Posted by fekmax at June 18, 2015

Everything returns to normal after Chernobyl. That is, everything but art. Most of the great works are lost, and it is up to people like William Shakespear Junior the Fifth to restore the lost artwork of the human race. He finds strange goings-on at a resort enough to remind him of all the lines of the play, dealing with mob boss Don Learo and his daughter Cordelia, a strange professor named Jean Luc-Godard (sic), who repeatedly xeroxes his hand for no particular reason.

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King Lear Movies

Posted by at Feb. 9, 2025

King Lear (1988)
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Comedy Drama

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Adapting King Lear for the Stage New edition Edition eBooks & eLearning

Posted by alt_f4 at Aug. 28, 2015

Adapting King Lear for the Stage by Lynne Bradley
English | Nov. 1, 2010 | ISBN: 1409405974 | 281 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Questioning whether the impulse to adapt Shakespeare has changed over time, Lynne Bradley argues for restoring a sense of historicity to the study of adaptation. Bradley compares Nahum Tate's "History of King Lear" (1681), adaptations by David Garrick in the mid-eighteenth century.

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Adapting King Lear for the Stage eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at May 17, 2024

Adapting King Lear for the Stage By Lynne Bradley
2010 | 280 Pages | ISBN: 1409405974 | PDF | 3 MB

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Adapting King Lear for the Stage eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at May 17, 2024

Adapting King Lear for the Stage By Lynne Bradley
2010 | 280 Pages | ISBN: 1409405974 | PDF | 3 MB

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Woody Allen Filmography (1965-2009) Movies

Posted by banonse at Jan. 13, 2010

Almost complete filmography of Woody Allen (movies he directed, scripted and he played in).

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Sinophone Adaptations of Shakespeare: An Anthology, 1987-2007 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by hill0 at July 9, 2022

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A Jean-Luc Godard Collection (1960-2004) [17 DVD9s & 15 DVD5s] Movies

Posted by mook45 at March 27, 2011

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Xylem Trio - In The Mood Of Giya Kancheli (2011) Music

Posted by luckburz at Nov. 17, 2013

Xylem TRIO was established in year 2006 when the three internationally recognized musicians Oskars Petrauskis, Raimonds Petrauskis and Rihards Zalupe came together. Each of them confirmed themselves as soloist and serious chamber musician. The main idea of the Trio is to combine together piano, saxophone and marimba/ percussion. (…) On 2010 Xylem TRIO recorded album “In The Mood Of Giya Kancheli” which received Latvian Music Records Award 2010 in the category Best instrumental, film or theatre album and Best Debut.

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