The lights dim on the actors and they become prisoners once again as they are. Julius caesar, act v, scene 1 open source shakespeare. Inmates at a highsecurity prison in rome prepare for a public performance of shakespeares julius caesar. Film version of the royal shakespeare companys 2012 production of shakespeares fastmoving thriller. Here are the best, and most noteworthy, versions of julius caesar that can help you study and better understand the play. The twist here is that the performance takes place within the walls of. Cesare deve morire is a 2012 italian drama film directed by paolo and vittorio taviani. The performance of shakespeares julius caesar comes to an end and the performers are rewarded with rapturous applause.
It rather belongs in the curious category of metafilm, nestled among those pictures that blur and obscure the line between fact and fiction, demolish the fourth wall and are so. Shakespeares original julius caesar text is extremely long, so weve split the text into one scene per page. That makes shakespeare the most filmed playwright of all time. The film starts and finishes with colour footage of the allmen troupe, incongruously robed and armed with wooden knives, before travelling back to black and. This blackandwhite academy awardwinning film features an amazing cast, including john gielgud as cassius, james mason as brutus, and. Shakespeare\s original julius caesar text is extremely long, so we\ve split the text into one scene per page.
In the early 1950s, eddie mannix is busy at work trying to solve all the problems of the actors and filmmakers at capitol pictures. Shakespeares julius caesar, was awarded the berlin film festivals top award on saturday. The setting is a modern african state in which the tyrant caesar is about to seize power. A performance of shakespeares julius caesar has just ended amidst much applause.
Queen cleopatra vii of egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of rome. Explains what brutus plans to do and how he feels about caesar coming to even greater power, he states that the only way to prevent caesar from causing danger to the people is to assassinate him, in this speech brutus also compares caesar to a serpents eggs trying to say that he is dangerous and poisonous and being crowned will allow him to spread his poison amongst the. The wonder and pride for the play do not always free the inmates from the exasperation of being incarcerated, and angry confrontations put the show in danger. Shakespeares universal language helps the inmateactors to identify with their characters, but the path is. This page contains the original text of act 4, scene 1 of julius caesar. Mar 02, 2012 directed by paolo taviani, vittorio taviani. With elizabeth taylor, richard burton, rex harrison, pamela brown. Taviani said through a translator as he and his brother, vittorio, 83. This guide is useful for exploring topics including performing arts, psychology, law, citizenship and. Explore shakespeares tragedies through the medium of film from silent cinema through to the latest adaptation of macbeth. The film competed at the 62nd berlin international film festival where it won the golden bear. With cosimo rega, salvatore striano, giovanni arcuri, antonio frasca. The film is set in rebibbia prison suburb of rome, and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of julius caesar.
Winner of the golden bear at the berlinale, this powerful dramawithinadrama blends fiction and documentary in the staging of shakespeares julius caesar in a prison in modernday rome. The film stars marlon brando as mark antony, james mason as brutus, john gielgud as cassius, louis calhern as julius. His latest assignments involve a disgruntled director, a singing. Compelling version of shakespeares julius caesar, filmed with the inmates of romes rebibbia jail. Dec 17, 20 in a highsecurity prison in rome, inmates prepare for the staging of julius caesar. Ever since i discovered art this cell has truly become a prison. The lights dim on the actors and they become prisoners once again as they are accompanied back to their cells.
This is a singularly intense, original film about the production of shakespeares julius caesar in romes. Even changing the original dialogues into todays slang did not affect the accuracy of shakespeares message. Adaptations of shakespeares plays and other works have been featured in nearly 500 films andor videos worldwide. The quasidocumentary has at its heart the reenactment of shakespeares tragedy, julius caesar. The actors are all mobtied drug dealers and murderers, serving time in prison. May 09, 2012 winner of the golden bear at the berlinale, this powerful dramawithinadrama blends fiction and documentary in the staging of shakespeares julius caesar in a prison in modernday rome. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, julius caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political violence.
He stares vacantly into the camera and recites shakespeares words as if hed memorized them seconds before, or maybe was reading from idiot cards. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the uncredited screenplay, and produced by john houseman. Oct 22, 2012 compelling version of shakespeares julius caesar, filmed with the inmates of romes rebibbia jail. The film is set in rebibbia prison suburb of rome, and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of julius. Julius caesar is a 1953 epic metrogoldwynmayer film adaptation of the play by shakespeare, directed by joseph l. Never, till caesars three and thirty wounds be well avenged. They are all inmates of the roman maximum security prison rebibbia. The film that this most resembles, in terms of conceit and concept, is abbas kiarostamis 1990 masterpiece closeup. Filmmakers paolo taviani and vittorio taviani travel to a maximum security roman prison to meet the immates, many of whom are connected to the mafia or camorra. Inmates in a highsecurity prison prepare for a public performance of julius caesar. Julius caesar, act iv, scene 1 open source shakespeare. All acts and scenes are listed and linked to from the bottom of this page, along with a simple, modern english translation of julius caesar.
This guide is useful for exploring topics including performing arts. The wonder and pride for the play do not always free the inmates from the exasperation of being incarcerated, and angry confrontations put the show in. Theres hardly any way to describe how jason robards brings julius caesar to its knees, but let me try. The prisoners staging julius caesar did not have to be told what shakespeare meant. In a highsecurity prison in rome, inmates prepare for the staging of julius caesar. The warden and a theater director speak to the inmates about a new project, the staging of julius caesar in the prison.