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Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters.
Prospero's Books: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson. The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.
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- Drama, Fantasy
- Peter Greenaway
- 1991-08-30
Nov 27, 1991 · Peter Greenaway ’s “Prospero’s Books” is not a movie in the sense that we usually employ the word. It’s an experiment in form and content. It is likely to bore most audiences, but will enchant others — especially those able to free themselves from the notion that movies must tell stories.
Feb 16, 2016 · 59. 35K views 8 years ago. Peter Greenaway’s then state-of-the-art production of Prospero’s Books offers a purely subjective take on The Tempest, as witnessed through the eyes of Prospero...
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Aug 12, 2024 · Peter Greenaway's breathtaking cinematic treatment of The Tempest, Prospero's Books, accents the strange moment in the history of theatre when drama discovers the beguiling power of...
There is no middle ground for viewers of Peter Greenaway's work, but for his fans, Prospero's Books is reliably daring. Read Critics Reviews
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This elaborate riff on the creative and destructive powers of magic, is itself the product of a spectacular theatrical and cinematic spell cast by the director, Peter Greenaway. He presents the 24 books of the title as lavishly illustrated tomes that Prospero conjures into life from his imagination.
