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...cinema. Here, Old Hamlet (Sam Shepard) has died and his brother Claudius (Kyle MacLachlan) has assumed the reins of power in more ways than one. Along with taking over his company, Claudius has married Old Hamlet's wife, Gertrude (Diane Venora), which understandably angers her son, Hamlet (Ethan Hawke). Torn between concerns for his mother and spurred by a visit from his father's ghost, our protagonist seeks to uncover the truth of his father's death by feigning madness. Couple Hamlet's anxiety to a tortuous romance with Ophelia (Julia Stiles) and meddling from her father (Bill Murray...
...Ethan Hawke...
...Ethan Hawke: I really wouldn't say that it's a trend. I would say that pretty much always, consistently, since they've been making movies, have been people been adapting Shakespeare. I mean they've only been making movies for one hundred years, but wasn't one of the first films a screen adaptation of Hamlet...
While in Boston last week, Ethan Hawke gave a whirlwind media tour to promote his latest vehicle-an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet-with director Michael Almereyda. The Crimson sat down with the two of them in a college cattle call (er. . . round table) interview to share twenty minutes of their time...
...Writing the adaptation was the easiest part, because the play just seemed to yield. It felt like a good fit with contemporary reality. It was simply a matter of having your eyes open, and being sensitive to all the parallels and metaphors. To that inventory of Hamlet-like figures, Ethan added Kurt Cobain, someone who seems to embody the voided promise, someone who was brilliant, and ran off the rails. Someone who was marred and tormented. It's not hard to find Hamlet in contemporary reality. The play is called "Hamlet", but it's actually about a series of interlocking...