New interpretations of classic literary characters need to blaze a creative path in order to justify the alternate look. Filmmakers have been doing this with William Shakespeare’s plays for decades, and even in the past few decades, we’ve seen numerous takes. From the brash changes of 10 Things I Hate About You and O to the more subtle switches of the most recent take on Macbeth, there’s always a new avenue to explore. This week, Ophelia does that with Hamlet, mainly by changing the protagonist. Having debuted at the Sundance Film Festival back in 2018, it’s been a long road for the flick, but it does finally hit theaters in a few days, hoping to compel with its shift in focus. The film is, as mentioned above, at its core a re-imagining of the classic Shakespeare story Hamlet, just from a new point of view. This time, it...
- 6/25/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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