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Shakespeare on Film

November 12, 2025·1 hr 54 min·10 clips
Great adaptations don't translate Shakespeare—they unlock what the play actually does.
A panel of film critics debates what makes successful Shakespeare adaptations, arguing whether fidelity to text or visual innovation matters more. The discussion ranges from Kurosawa's psychological translations to Baz Luhrmann's contemporary recontextualizations, exploring when adaptations unlock dramatic meaning versus when they dilute it.

As heard by us

A loose, lively Shakespeare discussion about adaptation, cuts, and performance.

The panel starts with Shakespeare on screen, but it keeps circling back to the harder question: what changes when a play becomes something else.

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You want Shakespeare talk that stays in movie-land and keeps its feet moving.

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