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“In My Mind’s Eye”: On the Relocation of Hamlet’s Story by Michael Almereyda

“In My Mind’s Eye”: On the Relocation of Hamlet’s Story by Michael Almereyda AbstractAlmereyda’s adaptation of Hamlet (2000) has been considered as highly provocative, since it plays with time and space dimensions in a definitely challenging way. This ‘attempt’ at the original play could have introduced profound changes in the traditional interpretation of the Shakespearean story. Furthermore, in this age, dominated by streaming platforms and digital technologies, a revision of this last film version of Hamlet, the most technological to date, seems particularly relevant, especially after having celebrated its twentieth anniversary.Concentrating primarily on the display of technology in the film version analysed, this article interprets the grasp of the timelessness in Hamlet’s story resorting to the so-called ‘technologies of memory’. This dominance of technology can lead human beings to mistake the image for the real, and this absence of distinction, as well as the US corporate imperialism in which the protagonist is immersed, is what I aim to investigate in relation to the presence of the Ghost.1 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglia de Gruyter

“In My Mind’s Eye”: On the Relocation of Hamlet’s Story by Michael Almereyda

Almela, Ángela
Anglia , Volume 140 (3-4): 16 – Dec 1, 2022
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Abstract

AbstractAlmereyda’s adaptation of Hamlet (2000) has been considered as highly provocative, since it plays with time and space dimensions in a definitely challenging way. This ‘attempt’ at the original play could have introduced profound changes in the traditional interpretation of the Shakespearean story. Furthermore, in this age, dominated by streaming platforms and digital technologies, a revision of this last film version of Hamlet, the most technological to date, seems particularly relevant, especially after having celebrated its twentieth anniversary.Concentrating primarily on the display of technology in the film version analysed, this article interprets the grasp of the timelessness in Hamlet’s story resorting to the so-called ‘technologies of memory’. This dominance of technology can lead human beings to mistake the image for the real, and this absence of distinction, as well as the US corporate imperialism in which the protagonist is immersed, is what I aim to investigate in relation to the presence of the Ghost.1

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Anglia – de Gruyter

Published: Dec 1, 2022

Keywords: Hamlet; Shakespeare; relocation; Michael Almereyda; film adaptation

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