FTT 44235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Derek Jarman, Intentionality
10 Nov 2016
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Shakespeare is either one of two things: You have to know how to put it onto the stage. One you can spend time looking at. Whatever shakespeare is, he"s a conglomeration of possibilities. You can understand the plays in certain context, not shakespeare"s intention. Whatever refers to shakespeare is referring back in time, not forward in time. When derek jarman comes to use the place, he has to come as an interpreter. He is a superior reader of this consensual space called. The filmmaker is an author, the directorial authority. Derek jarman would argue that he"s doing shakespeare. An expert might say he"s not because jarman"s not worrying about what shakespeare did but what he intends. Interpretation is not regarding the actual words but the thematic construction. Why is elizabeth welsh a suitable dramatical replacement for the goddesses and the masque? (she"s the blues singer that comes in to sing. )
