{"product_id":"cinematic-hamlet-patrick-j-cook-9780821419441","title":"Cinematic Hamlet: The Films of Olivier, Zeffirelli, Branagh, and Almereyda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e has inspired four outstanding film adaptations that continue to delight a wide and varied audience and to offer provocative new interpretations of Shakespeare's most popular play. \u003ci\u003eCinematic Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e contains the first scene-by-scene analysis of the methods used by Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh, and Michael Almereyda to translate Hamlet into highly distinctive and remarkably effective films.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplying recent developments in neuroscience and psychology, Patrick J. Cook argues that film is a medium deploying an abundance of devices whose task it is to direct attention away from the film's viewing processes and toward the object represented. Through careful analysis of each film's devices, he explores the ways in which four brilliant directors rework the play into a radically different medium, engaging the viewer through powerful instinctive drives and creating audiovisual vehicles that support and complement Shakespeare's words and story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCinematic Hamlet\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand how these films rework Shakespeare into the powerful medium of film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick J. Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821419447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821419441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 187","brand":"Patrick J. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427431661823,"sku":"9780821419441","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ec83a88-774c-4d50-a19c-25f6622e938a.jpg?v=1761579511","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinematic-hamlet-patrick-j-cook-9780821419441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}