Hamlet

Looks like it was filmed at a renaissance festival
The story takes place in Denmark. Hamlet the prince is informed by the ghost of his father that his mother and uncle were responsible for his father's death. His mother and his uncle get married before the funeral meat is cold. How will Hamlet deal with the situation and what effect will it have on others around him?

The clothing is strait out of a renaissance festival. They speak as to each other not to an audience. Not being popular actors you do not have to remember them in other presentations. Some of the dialog is skipped but enough is left in to capture the story. The film is cut more like a movie than a copy of a stage play. You will hear a background mob most of the time; one exception is the soliloquy on the rock. They do play around with double exposure during some scenes. Also there are some scenes where the camera focuses on the face while the character thinks; at other times people read out loud. They left in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. They took out...





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