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PermalinkFriday, November 8, 1996
Al Pacino is Looking for Richard. (Fox Searchlight)
In recent years, the film industry has looked to the classics more and more for inspiration. As this year draws to a close, viewers will be treated to four very different adaptations of Shakespeare. Kenneth branagh will deliver Hamlet with the Bard's text uncut in December. But this month audiences can see Al Pacino's Looking for Richard , Baz Luhrmann's revamping of Romeo + Juliet, and Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night.
Baz Luhrmann: "I tried to take the attitude that if Shakespeare were here today making movies what would he do? There is no device that he would not grasp at to try and reveal and touch people with the story he's telling. The thing I really set out to do is to smash what I call 'Club Shakespeare,' where you have to be a member to understand it. This man wrote this fantastic play so that everyone could understand it and that's really what we want to do, bring it back for everyone."
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