Open AccessCzy Szekspira da się „przerobić” na kryminał? O niektórych nowych, „uwspółcześniających” filmowych adaptacjach dzieł wielkiego dramaturga
Author(s) -
Wojciech Kajtoch
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta universitatis wratislaviensis. literatura i kultura popularna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0867-7441
DOI - 10.19195/0867-7441.26.18
Subject(s) - hamlet (protein complex) , art , plot (graphics) , art history , wright , humanities , cartography , literature , geography , mathematics , statistics
The paper discusses selected screen adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays: Hamlet (dir. M. Almereyda, 2000), Coriolanus (dir. R. Fiennes 2011), Macbeth (dir. G. Wright, 2006), Cymbeline (dir. M. Almereyda, 2014), Macbeth (an episode of the BBC series Shakespeare Re-Told, 2005) as well as episodes 3 and 4 from Yevhenіy Zviezdakov’s series Diekoracyi ubijstwa (2015). The common feature of these screen adaptations is moving the plot to modern times and emphasising those elements which resemble typical components of crime dramas. The paper points to the difficulties the directors had to overcome to make such “upgrading” makeovers viable.