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Shakespeare in Love is an incredible script and a vital film for anyone who appreciates, or wants to appreciate, the genius of William Shakespeare. Even the question of authorship of the plays is answered. In the end this intertwined romantic comedy and tragedy reveals the power and beauty to be found in Shakespeare, and convincingly argues why we continue to read and watch his work after so many centuries. The actors, both leads and supporting, are uniformly brilliant, and Judi Dench even more so as Queen Elizabeth. The film's sets, score, and costumes are immaculate, the whole generously textured with perfect detail. There is ample humor, adequate swashbuckling, and just enough bawdiness to fit the times. Shakespeare writes his great romantic tragedy scene by scene, even as the play is being rehearsed, the rehearsal of the growing play mirroring the budding romance between Shakespeare and Viola, his love and muse.
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He is humanized in Shakespeare in Love, given a credible life and personality that compels the reader to keep reading (and the viewer to keep watching), even while knowing how it all must come out. Since we know so little of him, the comedic imagining of Shakespeare rings true with only a little suspension of disbelief. We see the immortal playwright, a skull on his shelf, practicing his signature, writing sonnets, visiting his shrink. We meet Kit Marlowe (an uncredited Rupert Everett, never more handsome), a young and vicious John Webster, a Lord Wessex (Thomas Hardy, anyone?). Lines from his great plays are strewn throughout the dialog.
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The script is full of in-jokes: the more you know of Shakespeare and his time, the more you'll get from the movie. Set in the London of 1593, the star-bedazzled cast presents Will Shakespeare as he desperately seeks love, his muse, and to complete his latest work, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter. Shakespeare in Love is the perfect definition of what literature in film should be.
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For someone who loves the movie (yes, me), the screenplay adds a whole other level of subtlety, showing just how intelligent the writing, how sharp the humor (both high and low), how clever the whole conception. It's fascinating to see what was changed, dropped or added, between writing and filming. But on reading (especially while watching the film - I mix the two media here), it's an eye-opening learning experience for any prospective actor, screenwriter, or director. Some improvements, some mi The pre-shooting screenplay from the Academy Award winning film.īook Review: At first glance the published screenplay for Shakespeare in Love is a throw-away movie tie-in, worth no more than a bemused chuckle. Book Review: At first glance the published screenplay for Shakespeare in Love is a throw-away movie tie-in, worth no more than a bemused chuckle. The pre-shooting screenplay from the Academy Award winning film. But the script is, on its own, a wonderful, brilliant piece of literature worthy of attention. The costumes, the acting, and the cinematography - all of those breathe life in the film. Reading Shakespeare in Love allowed me to focus entirely on the words, on the complex turns of phrases and the nimble asides – and it’s simply beautiful. Given how much goes on within the film – and the layers within the dialogue – I decided to read the script. This might be the best I’ve ever seen her (although she didn’t deserve an Academy Award, and Fiennes and Firth were robbed for not even getting nominations, but I digress). Heck, the film is so good it even balances out the insufferability that is the Paltrow. It's beautiful and smart and funny and all of the best of what Hollywood aspires to be. I finally watched the film earlier this year, and over a decade after everyone else, I get why this film was such a big deal. This might be the best I’ve ever seen her (although she didn’t deserve an Academy Award, and Fiennes and For years I avoided Shakespeare in Love, mostly because I find Gwyneth Paltrow insufferable. For years I avoided Shakespeare in Love, mostly because I find Gwyneth Paltrow insufferable.