{"product_id":"cinematic-hamlet-the-films-of-olivier-zeffirelli-branagh-and-almereyda-paperback-softback-9780821420218","title":"Cinematic Hamlet; The Films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda (Paperback \/ softback) 9780821420218","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCinematic Hamlet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick J. Cook (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780821420218\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Patrick Cook's \u003ci\u003eCinematic Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e combines the anthropologist's\u003cbr\u003e thick description with the latest in film theory from Bordwell, Carroll, McGinn, Sharff, Thompson and Thomson to produce challenging and provocative assessments of four major Hamlet films by Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth\u003cbr\u003e Branagh, and Michael Almereyda. Cook has new and interesting cinematic\u003cbr\u003e ideas to share about all of these films, especially Almereyda's Hamlet, where his chapter is impishly longer than his already exhaustive treatment of Branagh's four-hour film of the play. Cook provides a fresh new voice in the ever expanding field of Shakespeare on Film.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \"A ramble through the notes (of \u003ci\u003eCinematic Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e) leaves one with the impression that Cook has read \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e of relevance and can be trusted when correcting the wayward critic. His approach is generally thorough, fluent, and smart. \u003cb\u003eSumming Up\u003c\/b\u003e: Highly recommended.\" (Choice) \"Cook gives us a book which deftly leads the reader through the labyrinths of cinematic art and craft and also provides foundational lessons on how to see a film as a film.\" (Film-Philosophy Journal) \"The text is precise, detailed (in relation to textual, visual, and aural decisions), and eminently readable.\" (Years Work in English Studies) \"Patrick J. Cook's \u003ci\u003eCinematic Hamlet: The Films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable both to those who want to teach Shakespeare on film and to those who simply want to understand these films, or film in general, better. His close readings are a model of how to pay attention, drawing on cognitive theories about how we respond and remember, and covering everything from the effect of 70 mm. film on Kenneth Branagh's version to Michael Almereyda's ambiguities.\" (Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e has inspired four outstanding film adaptations that continue to delight a wide and varied audience and to offer provocative new interpretations of Shakespeare's most popular play. Cinematic Hamlet contains the first scene-by-scene analysis of the methods used by Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh, and Michael Almereyda to translate Hamlet into highly distinctive and remarkably effective films.\u003cbr\u003e Applying recent developments in neuroscience and psychology, Patrick J. Cook argues that film is a medium deploying an abundance of devices whose task it is to direct attention away from the film's viewing processes and toward the object represented. Through careful analysis of each film's devices, he explores the ways in which four brilliant directors rework the play into a radically different medium, engaging the viewer through powerful instinctive drives and creating audiovisual vehicles that support and complement Shakespeare's words and story.\u003cbr\u003e Cinematic Hamlet will prove to be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand how these films rework Shakespeare into the powerful medium of film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574523687192,"sku":"9780821420218","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cinematic-hamlet-the-films-of-olivier-zeffirelli-branagh-and-almereyda-paperback-softback-9780821420218","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}