Essays Tagged: "Roman Polanski"

MacBeth versions comparison essay

akespeare's MacBeth. This essay wall contrast Shakespeare's original version and a movie version by Roman Polanski produced in 1970. Three major differences will be discussed.One difference between Sh ...

(2 pages) 84 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

It's an essay about 2 different treatments of Macbeth on screen. It's a pretty decent paper. it's written pretty casualy, but it's good for a first person report.

I chose to view the Orson Welles and Roman Polanski versions of Macbeth. They are both very different interpretations of the same story. ...

(5 pages) 57 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Discuss in detail Polanski's interpretation of Act One, Scene One of "Macbeth" and say how effective you found it.

t. After about 1608 Shakespeare's dramatic production lessened and he later died on 23rd April 1616.Roman Polanski was born in 1933 in France, but lived in Krakow from an early age. His parents were s ... oup away, as she has no eyes and therefore would have no sense of direction.During the first scene, Roman Polanski uses many props to aid and enhance the meaning of the play. The most important props ...

(8 pages) 47 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Compare the "Murder Scene" and the "Banquet Scene" in the Polanski video with the same scenes in the "Macbeth On The Estate" video, with interpretation of Shakespeare's language.

I am comparing two key scenes of two different productions of Macbeth. The first is by Roman Polanski and the second is called "Macbeth On The Estate". Roman Polanski's version is true to ...

(7 pages) 62 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

What is Polanski's interpretation of Macbeth?

ally, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity."(Quotes by Roman Polanski)Roman Polanski well known, not only as a french born actor and director of a number o ... after the traumatic death of his wife Sharon Tate, who was brutally murdered by the Manson family. Roman Polanski had seen his share of violence in the real world, so it's not too surprising that the ...

(2 pages) 61 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

"The Pianist"

The PianistIn Roman Polanski's The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman's life is depicted as one of courage, strength and ...

(3 pages) 67 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

How does the film Chinatown endeavour to alter the hard boiled detective genre, give a brief discription.

teristics of the hard boiled genre, Chinatown at first follows the detective myth, however Director Roman Polanski soon deviates from the typical hard boiled detective story line.Polanski's decision t ...

(3 pages) 74 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

English Feature article on Shakespears Macbeth with reference to both play and Polanski's adaptation. Title: Windows changed through time.

hnique of windowing their own time and creating a work to be treasured by today's audiences.In 1917 Roman Polanski produced a film adaptation of William Shakespeare's great tragedy. Roman Polanski pre ...

(5 pages) 58 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Rosemary's Baby.

it doesn't use shock techniques, the mood of the film remains disturbing. The director of the film, Roman Polanski, guides us through the film suggesting that the story is going to involve a loving co ...

(6 pages) 47 0 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

This essay is about macbeth by shakespeare

any different ways. Some producers of film or theatre show it as an action-packed thriller, such as Roman Polanski's film of Macbeth. Another interpretation is to focus on the way in which Macbeth's m ...

(6 pages) 23 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Power Through Gender Roles in Macbeth

re's Macbeth, particularly between Macbeth himself and Lady Macbeth, compare the original text with Roman Polanski's film version, while exploring the reading position.In Polanski's film, Lady Macbeth ...

(4 pages) 42 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Review of "The Pianist"

gives overwhelming testimony to both people's capacity for evil and for good. The film, directed by Roman Polanski, is based on the autobiographical book about the years of the Holocaust by the late W ...

(3 pages) 87 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Discussion of final Act of Macbeth as presented by Roman Polanski and Trevor Nunn.

The final act of Macbeth has been presented very differently by Trevor Nunn and Roman Polanski, and both of their interpretations would have been very different to the Macbeth play ...

(7 pages) 34 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Shakespeares Famous play called macbeth

It was a good but disturbing play written by Shakespeare and reenacted in movie form by a guy named Roman Polanski.My favorite character in the movie was Macbeth, he was a mean cruel and greedy person ... d of the play was the use of langue the setting and acting.Macbeth reenacted and brought to film by Roman Polanski was disturbing like I said in the first paragraph because the fighting and blood, and ...

(2 pages) 35 2 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

Movie Review of the Pianist: Film History

The PianistThe film, "The Pianist," directed by Roman Ploanski is based on the true autobiographical book about the years of the Holocaust by the la ... y acclaimed and accepted as one of the great films of our time. It almost won an Oscar. As a child, Roman Polanski, the director, was a Jewish survivor of Nazi-occupied Poland. Polanski was distinctiv ... ght shots. Perhaps angles intensify emotions or give it a surreal quality (because it is so tragic)?Roman Polanski shots were extremely graphic. The gore reminds the viewers that these horrors did hap ...

(3 pages) 66 0 4.2 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Pianist Movie Review.

spirit to endure. It shows both the human's characteristic of evil and good. The film, directed by Roman Polanski, is based on a true life account of a Polish Jew named Wladyslaw Szpilman, one of the ...

(3 pages) 59 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

How Roman Polanski captivated the viewer in "Rosemary's Baby."

Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski is a movie that holds your attention from the beginning to end in a supremely intelli ... ski gives us clues that we, the audience, don't know all the information all the time. When Guy and Roman Castavet, the leader of the cult, are sitting in the living room, while the women are in the k ... at was said. When the camera moves into the living room, we see that Guy is very interested in what Roman is telling him, but again they don't give us any clue of what was going between them. In the f ...

(4 pages) 21 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Movie: "The Pianist."

st is a testimony to the power of music, the will to live, and the courage to stand against evil."--Roman Polanski. Roman Polanski, the director of "The Pianist", was a survivor of the bombing of Wars ... y because it is directly based on the documentary written by Szpilman right after the war. Director Roman Polanski says of the documentary "He describes the reality of this period with surprising - al ...

(4 pages) 55 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Macbeth" - "The construction of Macbeth in different media for different audiences involves much more than the adaptation of ideas and form."

s time and culture and this is visible in the poem "Not Exactly Macbeth" by Andrew Mackmurdo and in Roman Polanski's 1971 film, "Macbeth".The way the writers and directors of the various adaptations o ...

(5 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The context of a play often determines how it is performed on stage or on film." Discuss in relation to Polanski's "Macbeth".

written or staged. An example of this is the 1971 film production of Macbeth, which is directed by Roman Polanski. This film is a dark interpretation of Shakespeare's original Macbeth, yet maintains ... l theatrical tradition. The witches for example wore rags, and the king wore colourful royal attire.Roman Polanski, on the other hand could use modern film skills and techniques, flowing camera moveme ...

(10 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis