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Feb. 22nd, 2008 04:22 pm
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Ages ago Dave gave me a copy of the film Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead to watch and I still haven't got to it. Thought tonight might be a good time since I just started reading Hamlet today. Is it worth waiting until I've finished the play first?

Date: 2008-02-22 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tx-cronopio.livejournal.com
I have it, too, and haven't seen it yet! I did read it years ago. I think it will mean more if you wait till you've finished the play.

Date: 2008-02-22 05:14 pm (UTC)
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I've seen it live onstage in four different versions. It's even more wonderful with an audience.

Date: 2008-02-22 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Ok, thanks :) I think I shall watch something mindless and silly inteady. It's Friday!!

Date: 2008-02-22 04:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phoebesmum.livejournal.com
It's best if you know Hamlet first.

Date: 2008-02-22 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Yeah, that's what I suspected. Thanks! :)

Date: 2008-02-22 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whatiusedtobe.livejournal.com
I love that film! Tim Roth is hilarious, so is Gary Oldman. You'll love it, but I agree that its much funnier if you know the story first.

Date: 2008-02-22 05:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Ok, shall put it on hold for now. Thanks!

Date: 2008-02-22 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herohunter.livejournal.com
Yes, finish Hamlet first. OMG, I LOVE Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead!!!!!!!!

Date: 2008-02-22 05:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Wow, many exclamation marks. LOL!! Well, I'm sure I will enjoy it when I get to it :)

Date: 2008-02-22 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] innae.livejournal.com
I echo the finish the play first, but R&G are hysterical!! I so love that movie (or you could read the play...its fun too...but no Gary Oldman in the book, and I am so in love with him...sigh)

Date: 2008-02-22 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Hee! Gary Oldman is brilliant. I'll just wait until I've finished reading Hamlet :)

Date: 2008-02-22 05:13 pm (UTC)
gillo: (Yorick)
From: [personal profile] gillo
Definitely. It's a wonderful play and the film's quite good, but it really relies on you knowing who the characters are and what's happening. They are two very minor characters in
Hamlet
, and their story is told in the gaps between their appearances in the play.

Date: 2008-02-22 05:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Ok, finish Hamlet first then. I can do that :)

Date: 2008-02-22 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talesofmicetea.livejournal.com
Isn't that the Vampire movie? I just read about it yesterday:/

micetea

Date: 2008-02-22 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Uh, no, it's a period comedy based on a couple of the characters from Hamlet

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/

Date: 2008-02-22 08:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] talesofmicetea.livejournal.com
I was two letters off:/

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Sean Lennon will score the indie vampire comedy "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead," which stars fellow celebrity spawn Jake Hoffman and Devon Aoki.

Hoffman (son of Dustin) plays an unemployed actor who gets his big break directing a bizarre off-Broadway version of "Hamlet." But there's a catch: The adaptation is written by a Romanian (John Ventimiglia, best known as chef Artie Bucco on "The Sopranos") who happens to be undead.

Aoki (daughter of Benihana steakhouse king Rocky Aoki) plays Hoffman's love interest. Ralph Macchio will play a mob boss who ends up fighting vampires. Jeremy Sisto plays a bumbling detective investigating the mysterious deaths surrounding the production. The project marks the feature debut of writer-director Jordan Galland.

Lennon scored the fantasy musical he starred in and co-wrote, "Friendly Fire," which featured appearances by Aoki, Asia Argento and Lindsay Lohan.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


Date: 2008-02-22 09:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hils.livejournal.com
Oh lordy! That sounds terrible. LOL!

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