Review №3

Prospero's Books (1991)

Director: Peter Greenaway

Writers: William Shakespeare (play), Peter Greenaway

Cast: John Gielgud  ,Michael Clark  ,Michel Blanc  ,Erland Josephson  ,Isabelle Pasco

Synopsis: An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.

Review:  Prospero's Books is a  tale based upon William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Miranda(Isabelle Pasco) and her father Prospero(John Gielgud) have to live on a isolated island. Antonio(Tom Bell) , Prospero's brother became the Duke of Milan , having occupyed brother's position. Being in exile on that island , Prоsperо makes an amazing palace, and a separate wоrld, which is framed by the 24 bооks that he took with him.
John Gielgud  acts, perhaps, one of the best and most insightful of his roles.  Michael Clarke as Caliban is amazing in this film .Also I want to note the acting of  Erland Yuzefson, Michel Blanc and Tom Bell.
Composer Michael Nyman creates  incredibly melodic and insanely beautiful soundtrack for this film , which  perfectly fits into the overall structure of the film, and it creates a deep poetic atmosphere.
Sasha Vierne ,an operator literally surpasses himself, following the director's idea, creating an unforgettable audio-visual Prospero's books, Prospero.
Greenway masterfully combines a visual feast, creating a very real on-screen multi-layered books , so that I'm deeply impressed by this film , it is definitely worth seeing.