![]() The essential was there, untouched, and this does not shock me. But they sought to adapt the text a little, for dramatic purposes. The writers were so incompetent? They cut something important to the understanding of the story? They have profoundly altered it? No. I say this because I realized that this film was the target of massive criticism for the way the book was adapted. It can be hard to accept, especially for the purists, who see Shakespeare as a kind of untouchable "sacred cow", but the truth is that cinema can be based on literature but its not literature. Its a necessary job, and does not spare any book or author. However, when this happens, the people (particularly those whose mother tongue is English) don't like it and have great difficulty in understanding that, when a book is adapted to cinema, it has to be adapted or adjusted. In all fairness, it's great stuff and deserves to be taken to the screen. From time to time, a film director decides to adapt Shakespeare's plays. ![]()
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