LOL! Yes it was a bit of understatement on my part. I will say that Ran is far superior to every other filmed version of King Lear I could think of (King of Texas, One Thousand Acres, My Kingdom, Olivier’s version for the BBC with Diana Rigg and John Hurt).
I like Kurosawa’s “Samurai Shakespeare” but I don’t think its his best work. Of course even mediocre Kurosawa is better than the best efforts of many other directors.
Tower of London with Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone is the most fun take on Richard III out there without actually being an adaption of the play. So much dark humor.
Orson Welles got Shakespeare. His Macbeth was great as well.
first thing we do… let’s kill all the lawyers.
Might not quote it everyday, but it’s a good one.
“Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world - except for a nice MLT - mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomatoes are ripe. They’re so perky! I love that.”
–Failstaff, Henry XI, Act VI, sc. ii
Well, maybe this explains why I keep falling into iambic pentameter.
Not at a computer so I can’t double-check my sources but I have it on reasonably good authority that Shakespeare wrote (translated is the wrong term) some familiar palms in the KJV.
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey, nonny nonny.
You may be onto something there, good Fef. When I reread your posts it’s pretty clear. The rhythm does remind me of the Bard.
The game is afoot!
Translated is the right term, but no he didn’t. There’s been fringe speculation for decades, but it’s very unlikely.
You quote Shakespeare every day
Who would there fardels bear, needs to be more discreet about it.
That explains all the DMCA notifications I keep getting.
Darn lawyers. Let’s kill all the lawyers. Oh, crap, here comes another one…
If you can’t be a ham and do Hamlet,
They will not give a damn or a damnlet
Just recite an occasional sonnet,
And your lap’ll have honey upon it.
When your baby is begging for pleasure
Let her sample your Measure for Measure.
Brush up your Shakespeare,
And they’ll all kow-tow.
Maybe they just don’t give a fardel.
I’m sorry this is a very amusing typo.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Full of strange oaths…
I was halfway expecting a Godfather quote there, but you made an excellent choice.
Best play ever
