Review of Titus (1999) by Andy M — 15 Jun 2009
A wierd, distirbing, and violent tale. Taymor makes her film strange and bizzare yet never did the Shakespearian language seem out of place. No surprise that its brilliantly written, some of the comments Shakespeare makes about suffering, revenge, and pure evil are poetic and powerful.
Alot of critics have commented on how this is Shakespeares worst play. What? I found it to be a brilliant meditation on what happens to humans when we are pushed to our limits of suffering;almost ever character in the film suffers losses unfairly.
It is also a study on violence in every society(Taymor has the film set in no particular time period) and the depths of human depravity. Taymmor understands this play and thus when interpreting it to film makes it better than it would be on stage.
She produces an ending that keeps the play intact, but adds something new creating more meaning to the work as a whole. So no doubt this is a different kind of film than one is used too, but this is the best Shakespeare films I've ever seen.
This review of Titus (1999) was written by Andy M on 15 Jun 2009.
Titus has generally received positive reviews.
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