Kenneth Branagh’s Films Much Ado & Peter's Friends

July 17, 2008 Comparison of Context, Sexuality and Comedy in Kenneth Branaghs Films spears Friends and much(prenominal) Ado About Nothing The films scapes Friends and more Ado About Nothing, by Kenneth Branagh, are two romantic comedies filmed back to back in the early 1990s. Peters Friends was the first filmed of the two and it was Branaghs first complex location shoot. He utilize that experience to plan the more aggressive location of Much Ado About Nothing, shot in Tuscany. His Shakespearean compass helped shape his interpretation of the script of Peters Friends. The finish of this paper is to contrast the films respective treatments of go to bed as a unifying theme and to compare both(prenominal) to Shakespearean theorys of that emotion. Both films have grand entrances with seven travelers, single of long unseen friends and the other of a group of hold in heroes returning from battle. Each draws on the film legacy of The royal Seven of John Sturges and thus of course The Seven Samauri of Akira Kurosawa. The concept of a separation and final unification of characters is a unblemished plot line in Shakespeare. The setting in from each one film is an idyllic, palatial estate, consistent with Branaghs early 1990s, extravagant, auteurial style.



viewing audience need only compare the Elsinore Castle of Franco Zeffirelli, in 1991, with that of Branagh, in 1996. The latter location is a colorful backdrop; the former(prenominal) is a dull and dreary one. The use of closing doors as an exclamation point is very Shakespearean. In Peters Friends, the viewers see the large imposing doors of the manor from the out-of-door as they close, after the friends have all arrived. In Much Ado, the doors of Leonatos villa close behind the returning soldiers, as they are welcomed.

2 Both films involve multiple sets of lovers in a series of dinners and banquets along with the resulting situations for romance, courtship and the resolution of unrequited love. Branagh uses specific lighting, wine, song and dance as the symbols of...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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