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King Lear is a 1987 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play in the avant-garde style of French New Wave cinema. The script (originally assigned to Norman Mailer but not used) was primarily by Peter Sellars and Tom Luddy .
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Apr 3, 2002 · King Lear: Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy. A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Jean-Luc Godard
- 2002-04-03
Rated: 3.5/4 • Aug 29, 2006. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. As the world recovers from the destruction of the Chernobyl disaster, William Shakespeare Jr. the Fifth (Peter Sellars) attempts to ...
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- Jean-Luc Godard
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- Burgess Meredith
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King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and ...
Starring and co-written by theatrical legend Peter Sellars, Godard’s “Lear” (for it can hardly be called Shakespeare’s) is a deliberate attempt to incite thespian wrath. Let it not ever be said that Godard lacked for guts, at least in this moment. Godard takes one of the most revered and precious Shakespeare scripts, and strips it of ...