1.The first performance the actor conveys a tone of self pity in which he professes " how unprofitable all the uses of this world", he says this this softness in his voice yet with a strong sense of despair. And little by little his performance begins to escalate into a childish little tirade when his soliloquy turns from self pity to jealousy over his mother.
2.The second performance by Kevin Kline has a more psychotic air to it. The showy tears coupled with his standing absolutely still while staring into yonder give hints of a man you should stay away from. The actor in this scene seems to be playing the role of a deeply disturbed rich mommas boy entranced by his own sense of vengeance.
3.Here hamlet is portrayed as more calculating and irritated in the beginning, due to the lack of any outrageous shows of emotion. Then slowly transforms him into a more pathetic looking man as he begins to soften the expression on his face to a more tender vulnerable look . This hamlet may have embedded his thumb deep into his balding head if this act had gone on any longer.
4.This looks like the after school special Hamlet, the idiot locked away in the attic for embarrassing mommy and daddy at too many dinner parties. Gotta love his yearn full gaze out of that old country window. To tie it all together, his strong, direct closing statement add the final touch of hopelessness to this peeping little Hamlet.
5.Overkill! this is a one man hell in a cell. This hamlet was obviously the one which appeared most visibly disturbed by mommy and uncle in the cage next door. The acting was a bit much for my taste but did leave me with expectations of oedipal eye gouging, hmm that would be fun to watch, which I guess means that the actor did his job.
The award would have to go to Fujiwara Tatsuya. I chose Fujiwara due to the dualistic nature of hamlet, one second he's bouncing off fences, next thing he's rejoicing with old friends. The other hamlets seemed too proper to be potential mother killers. The only other Hamlet I saw with the potential to let the blood flow was Mel Gibson, and I don't think anyone could stomach Passion of the Hamlet
About Me
- Christian Diaz
- Seeing the world at the early stages with the eyes of a child gave birth to the writer and musician in me. I scribe songs of love with a hatred for the pedantry of the rules of grammar. My hands cook, paint and hit buttons marked X,Y,B,A. My feet? well they tap the metronome's song, hate shoes, and take me to places that satisfy my wanderlust. I love traveling, sex, and a Linguist named Alexandra that speaks 3 languages. I am an atheist that sings praises to the Most high. I posses an uncanny sense of time but suck at completing tasks. I scratch my head a lot. And still managing to maintain that gentle balance between real life, and what 'their' schools teach us.
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Lots of good ideas to chew on. I hope you get many response.
I liked what you have to say about each, I rather like my hamlet crazy it makes him less annoying. I cannot stand a mommas boy, whiny little brat who sucked on his mommas teet too long. Harsh maybe more interesting to watch yes.
i must say that i agreed with almost all of you selection i also choose fujiwara. i dont know why but for some reason it stood out to me. glad to see i was not alone
I agree with your analysis of each actor but I thought fujiwara's was a bit much and I like that Gibson's looked like he would actually want to kill someone.
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