Reilly imitated the strategy by modernizing as the Godfather Macbeth B-movie, (1991). mafioso Men of Respect Mel Gibson’s highly emotional medieval (1990) cast him as Mad Hamlet Max (1979-1985) against Close as Gertrude, reprising her role as Alex Forest in (1987). Peter Greenway made Fatal Attraction a phantasmagoric (1991), starring the daring and Tempest, Prospero’s Books beautiful Helen Mirren. elen Mirren In 1996 Trevor Nunn filmed a stagey (1996) with Helena Twelfth Night Bonham Carter as a lush and pouty Olivia and Ben Kingsley as a weather-beaten Feste. But the real gender-bender shocker had been Neil Jordan’s (1992), a film that took transvestitism to the The Crying Game edge of the Renaissance one-sex system to argue for love crossing both gender and terrorist/nationalistic divides. Kenneth Branagh continued his project to out-Olivier Laurence Olivier by following his successes with his smart, ironic (1989) and his warm, Henry V deliberately diverse (1993), with his handsome but Much Ado About Nothing overblown full-text four-hour (1996). And in 1996 he also starred as Hamlet Iago opposite a leonine Laurence Fishburne in Oliver Parker’s cinematically beautiful Meanwhile, the release of Tim Blake Nelson’s southern Othello. prep school basketball was held back from 1999 to 2001 by the Othello, O, Columbine massacre. Gay director Gus van Sant updated and spliced a Pacific Northwest grunge aesthetic on to Orson Welles masterful 1966 take on the Henriad, Chimes at with his achingly poignant (1996). Midnight, My Own Private Idaho In 1996 Baz Luhmann played characteristic smack-down with Franco Zeffirelli’s classic 1969 updating it with his post-modern, Romeo and Juliet, MTV-inflected starring a deliberately plain and edgy Claire Romeo + Juliet, Danes, just coming off of the quirky TV series and a My So Called Life, gorgeous Leonard Di Caprio about to skyrocket into superstardom with (1998). Titanic That same year Al Pacino filmed a movie called Looking for “making-of” in which he sought an American style of acting to reach the Richard
Reilly imitated the Godfather strategy by modernizing Macbeth as the mafioso B-movie, Men of Respect (1991). Mel Gibson’s highly emotional medieval Hamlet (1990) cast him as Mad Max (1979-1985) against Close as Gertrude, reprising her role as Alex Forest in Fatal Attraction (1987). Peter Greenway made a phantasmagoric Tempest, Prospero’s Books (1991), starring the daring and beautiful Helen Mirren. elen Mirren In 1996 Trevor Nunn filmed a stagey Twelfth Night (1996) with Helena Bonham Carter as a lush and pouty Olivia and Ben Kingsley as a weather-beaten Feste. But the real gender-bender shocker had been Neil Jordan’s The Crying Game (1992), a film that took transvestitism to the edge of the Renaissance one-sex system to argue for love crossing both gender and terrorist/nationalistic divides. Kenneth Branagh continued his project to out-Olivier Laurence Olivier by following his successes with his smart, ironic Henry V (1989) and his warm, deliberately diverse Much Ado About Nothing (1993), with his handsome but overblown full-text four-hour Hamlet (1996). And in 1996 he also starred as Iago opposite a leonine Laurence Fishburne in Oliver Parker’s cinematically beautiful Othello. Meanwhile, the release of Tim Blake Nelson’s southern prep school basketball Othello, O, was held back from 1999 to 2001 by the Columbine massacre. Gay director Gus van Sant updated and spliced a Pacific Northwest grunge aesthetic on to Orson Welles masterful 1966 take on the Henriad, Chimes at Midnight, with his achingly poignant My Own Private Idaho (1996). In 1996 Baz Luhmann played characteristic smack-down with Franco Zeffirelli’s classic 1969 Romeo and Juliet, updating it with his post-modern, MTV-inflected Romeo + Juliet, starring a deliberately plain and edgy Claire Danes, just coming off of the quirky TV series My So Called Life, and a gorgeous Leonard Di Caprio about to skyrocket into superstardom with Titanic (1998). That same year Al Pacino filmed a “making-of” movie called Looking for Richard in which he sought an American style of acting to reach the
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