jmc's classics
Laurence Olivier was considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. He was a good actor at playing the protagonist roles in Shakespear movies. He made several. He played the title role in the 1948 film version of Hamlet. There were other versions of Hamlet made in to Movies. William Walton (1902-1983) wrote the film score for this movie. However in the 1968 movie version of Romeo and Juliet, he was the narrator. The soundtrack was by Henry Mancini (1924-1994) Nino Rota (1911-1979). The latter I don't know much about. I like the soundtrack for this movie.
I have never been much in to Shakespear but as I have said I liked toe movie Shakespear in Love and the Gilligan's Island episode when the castaways made a musical based on Hamlet. My favorite work of Olivier's was the 1983 movie The Jazz Singer with Neal Diamond and Lucy Arnez who was the daughter of Lucile Ball. t was set in recent times and set in New York and Los Angeles. This movie had some funny scenes in it. I have written about Walton before. I do like his music. When we think about Walton we think about the 1970's TV series or Wal-Mart. I do not like Wal- Mart Olivier was a very versatile actor. Shakespear's works will probably last forever.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
May 2024
Categories |