Prospero's Books (1991) — The Movie Database (TMDb)
All in all, a magical book. The 24 books thrown into the leaky vessel that took Prospero into exile are the starting point of Peter Greenaway's screen adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Prospero's Books movie review (1991) Roger Ebert
Prospero's books by Peter Greenaway, 1991, Heron Communications, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 edition, Hardcover in English
Prospero's Books (1991) MUBI
This is much more than simply a script of Prospero's Books; it is an artistic work with essays explaining the innovative processes of production as well as illustrations of story-boards and stills from the film.
Prospero's Books (1991) Peter Greenaway Synopsis, Characteristics
I remember reading John Gielgud's obit in the New York Times this spring, and near the end, he is quoted saying that among all of his roles, his Prospero in Prospero's Books was his most satisfying.
Prospero's Books — Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway's "Prospero's Books" is not a movie in the sense that we usually employ the word. It's an experiment in form and content. It is likely to bore most audiences, but will enchant others -- especially those able to free themselves from the notion that movies must tell stories. This film should be approached like a record album or an art book. Each "page" is there to.
Prospero Book Greenaway Illustration art, Representation, Drawings
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PROSPERO’S BOOKS 1991 Peter Greenaway, John Gielgud BELGIAN POSTER
Prospero's Books. Greenaway's sixth feature is operatic in its use of music, song, dance, and the choreography of scores of extras. Against opulent settings of Renaissance architecture, naked spirits form tableaux based on classical mythology or Western art. The spectacle is further enhanced by the density of the images. Greenaway uses both
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Shakespeare is without peer, the man of whom Harold Bloom said he invented humanity. `The Tempest' is his richest and essentially his last play, clearly about himself and his career. John Gielgud is the finest Shakespearean actor of our age. Greenaway is the most creative, lush and introspective filmmaker working. This film is important.
Prospero's Books (1991)
It is a visual marvel but its narrative momentum/strength isn't near what some of his previous films are—as Ebert says, ""it need not make sense, and it is not "too difficult" because it could not have been any less so. It is simply a work of original art, which Greenaway asks us to accept or reject on his own terms" A few angry critics calling it pure arrogance and deriding it.
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The one thing these films seem to have in common is that all are quite pretentious and much ado about nothing. But that description is an amazing understatement when applied to "Prospero's Books," Greenaway's adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Sir John Gielgud, in rare form (even at 87), is Prospero, the play's central figure, here.
Prospero's Books (1991) directed by Peter Greenaway • Reviews, film
PROSPERO'S BOOKS by Greenaway, Peter - ISBN 10: 0701137592 - ISBN 13: 9780701137595 - Random House UK - 1992 - Softcover
Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books Skribis
Herbert Klein (Berlin) "The far side of the mirror": Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books. Peter Greenaway's film Prospero's Books had its first showing at the Venice Film Festival in 1991. It is based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and Sir John Gielgud plays the leading role. Although t he play experiments with new techniques and technology, the underlying post-Romantic interpretation is.
PROSPERO’S BOOKS American Cinematheque
Though faithful to the text of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Greenaway's characteristically dense film could hardly differ more from literal adaptations like Branagh's Henry V.Structuring its motifs.
Prospero’s Books 1991 Greenaway The Cinema Archives
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John Gielgud in Peter Greenaway's "Prospero's Books," 1991 Эмо
Paperback. £24.90 3 Used from £24.90 1 Collectible from £45.95. This book of the film "Prospero's Books" includes the full screenplay as well as Greenaway's detailed descriptions of the sets, action and visual effects. The film's cast includes Sir John Gielgud as Prospero and Michael Clark as Caliban, and the music is by Michael Nyman.
Prospero's Books Peter GREENAWAY
Peter Greenaway's then state-of-the-art production of Prospero's Books offers a purely subjective take on The Tempest, as witnessed through the eyes of Prosp.
