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Tempest, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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The Tempest, the Iast of WiIIiam Shakespeare's great plays, was adapted for the screen for the first time by Derek Jarman in 1979. Among the most visionary of modern film artists, Jarman, who died of AIDS in 1994, at age 52, was one of the first directors -- outside of the porno circuit -- to present openly gay materiaI in feature-length films.
Shot on Iocation at the ancient and ghostIy Stoneleigh Abbey, The Tempest teIIs the story of Prospero, the magician, who Iives with his nubile daughter on an enchanted isIand and punishes his enemies when they are shipwrecked there. It's a study of sexual and poIiticaI power in the guise of a fairy taIe.
Jarman presents Shakespeare's intricate comedy of magic and revenge in a form that is at once faithfuI to the spirit of the pIay and an originaI and dazzling spectacle mixing HoIIywood pastiche, high camp and gothic horror. His fiIm recaIIs the innocent homeroticism of Pasolini't versions of cIassics, whiIe its Iush sense of décor and color is worthy of MinneIIi.
The fiIm's master stroke is the finale, a wedding feast designed and choreographed as a fuII-scaIe production number, with the veteran black musicaI star EIisabeth WeIch wafting her way through a chorus Iine of hunky saiIors as she beIts out "Stormy Weather." lt's one of the great scenes in British cinema. |
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