But imagine 400 years have passed, and an audience is trying to remember exactly who kato kaelin was. Looking for richard 1996 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A workshop of william shakespeares richard iii inspires actordirector al pacino s breezy documentary, which aims to make the playwright accessible to contemporary american audiences. Looking for richard quotes and analysis gradesaver. Shakespeares play king richard iii and al pacinos drama documentary looking for richard. It depicts the machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of richard iii of england. Stars are the spoiled children of the movie business. Al pacino s dunkaccino commercial movie jack and jill 2011. It is an exploration of pacinos love for shakespeare, particularly shakespeares richard iii, and it playfully intersperses documentarystyle interviews with scholars, theater professionals, and people on the street with dramatizations of some of the plays pivotal scenes. Al pacinos portrayal of richard iii contains some intelligent and exciting ideas for playing shakespeares exuberant villain. Al pacino is the director, producer and actor of this historical docudrama. Al pacinos deeplyfelt rumination on shakespeares significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an indepth analysis of richard iii.
This perpetual hamminess is the bane of looking for richard, as pacino the director can in no way resist shots of pacino the actor goofing around and so overdoing things that looking for. The many characters in richard iii would have been roughly as familiar to the groundlings in shakespeares globe theater as the figures in the o. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of looking for richard by al pacino. Directed by richard loncraine, with ian mckellen, annette bening, jim broadbent, robert downey jr. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. Looking for richard, lenquete sur richard iii dal pacino. With ian mckellen, annette bening, christopher bowen, edward jewesbury. It depicts the machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of king richard iii of england. If its true, as al pacino claims in looking for richard, that richard iii is shakespeares most frequently performed play, it also is true that most.
If its true, as al pacino claims in looking for richard, that richard iii is shakespeares most. A workshop of william shakespeares richard iii inspires actordirector al pacinos. The play is grouped among the histories in the first folio and is most often classified as such. A 1979 people magazine article about pacinos portrayal said it has made al pacino the toast of broadway burnt toast, that is. Richard iii,written in about 1591, is said to be shakespeares first great play. King richard iii and looking for richard dos and dont. One of the most fun parts of this is al pacino himself, playing richard iii and trying to find and show the world meaning behind the bards. Shakespeares classic tale of an aging king who splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections, and driven into exile.
Richard iii is a historical play by william shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593. Richard iii and looking for richard quotes and analysis. Robin williams kicks off the afi life achievement award for al pacino. Each film also includes a prologueepilogue where al discusses the film with richard brown. The classic shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15thcentury king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s england as clouds of fascism gather. Al pacino has a documentary film crew follow him as he works on a production of shakespeares richard iii. Looking for richard essays are academic essays for citation.
In this post we will take a close look at the two hsc texts. We will take a closer look at the contexts of these two texts, along with some quotes, techniques and analysis from each. In shakespeares play king richard iii, the centrality of power is communicated through characters and their pursuit for power while in looking for richard, al pacinos docudrama exploring richard as a character, his struggle for power is portrayed as well as pacinos struggle as he produces the film. Al pacino s deeplyfelt rumination on shakespeares significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an indepth analysis of richard iii. Al pacino, slouching again toward shakespeare the new. Chinese coffee and the local stigmatic come with full length audio commentaries by al pacino. Join facebook to connect with richard pacino and others you may know. Occasionally, however, as in the quarto edition, it is termed a tragedy.
Alec baldwin to appear in the film while filming glengarry glen ross 1992. The film documents the process of creating his project. Our reward, as far as al pacino is concerned, is films like looking for richard. We can only speculate about the effect it had on its first audiences. Looking for richard this strange and charming documentary by al pacino, in which he also stars, is an exploration of several topics. It is both a performance of selected scenes of william shakespeare s richard iii and a broader examination of shakespeares continuing role and relevance in popular culture. Al pacinos deeplyfelt rumination on shakespeares significance and. King richard iii and looking for richard freebook summaries. Worth a look and a good attempt at making the bards work accessible.
The elizabethan drama was a great popular art form, created not for royal courts but for poor groundlings who paid a penny to stand in the pit beneath the stage, or bourgeois such as pepys, who. Al pacino sets out to make a feature film of shakespeares richard iii in this part film, part documentary. We also get to see alec baldwin join the conversation during the looking for richard epilogue. With al pacino, alec baldwin, kevin spacey, frederic kimball. Love looking for richard, the local stigmatic and chinese coffee are plays that have been translated into film so take some concentration but theyre very good and pacino excels in both. Richard iii is a historical play by william shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592. All al pacino movies, ranked by tomatometer mailonline. It is both a performance of selected scenes of william shakespeares richard iii and a. Babbleonia is brilliant, a look behind the scenes of the actors studio and pacinos musings on theatre and life. Wes folkerth, by the way, is a professor at mcgill. Al pacino and his crew delves into both the characters in the play, and what relevance it has to todays world. Al pacino, who is 56 and has been a movie star for a quarter century, has a favorite story about acting. Al pacino, alec baldwin, kevin spacey, frederic kimball. Looking for richard is a 1996 film directed by oscarwinning hollywood actor al pacino.