Kozintsev's Shakespeare Films
This book is a study of Grigory Kozintsev''s two cinematic Shakespeare adaptations, Hamlet (Gamlet, 1964), and King Lear (Korol Lir, 1970). The films are considered in relation to the historical, artistic and cultural contexts in which they appear, and in relation to the contributions of Dmitri Shostakovich, who wrote the films'' scores; and Boris Pasternak, whose translations Kozintsev used. T...
This book is a study of Grigory Kozintsev''s two cinematic Shakespeare adaptations, Hamlet (Gamlet, 1964), and King Lear (Korol Lir, 1970). The films are considered in relation to the historical, artistic and cultural contexts in which they appear, and in relation to the contributions of Dmitri Shostakovich, who wrote the films'' scores; and Boris Pasternak, whose translations Kozintsev used. T...
