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The Tempest (1979)

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.

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Catherine J 15 Mar 2009

didn't understand much but somehow managed to enjoy it. loved the eerie feel to it and visual ideas. must be derek's genius...

Art S 06 Oct 2012

Derek Jarman's take on Shakespeare's final classic is pictorially beautiful (shot in Stoneleigh Abbey and dressed like Robespierre) but somewhat impenetrable. Of course, this might be the Bard's poetics but, as with Greenaway's later riff on this and the play, things are anything but direct and straightforward. These films also share scads of full frontal male nudity (and here also in the buff, Toyah Willcox, last seen in Urgh! A Music War). The final musical send-off seems to echo Fassbinder's similar joy in genre-bending and is similarly a non sequitur (I'm thinking of 1978's In a Year of 13 Moons, I think.).

Greg W 11 Nov 2007

One of Jarman's finest achievements. A wonderfully understated, eccentric take on Shakespeare with lots of brooding atmosphere and hilarious anachronism.

Noah R 07 Jul 2006

This is probably my favourite Shakespeare anyway, but this version really brings out the philisophical study of humanity and the overall abstract style of the play. As is traditional with Jarman everyone gets naked at some point, but thi is used to symbolise the loss of society and rule. The haunting misery that Ariel is going through is excellent, the best portrayal of the enslavement of the sprite I have ever seen. This film is definitley wortha watch, whether to see Shakespeare in a different medium, or to see a beautiful haunting piece of art.

Dennis Schwartz 12 May 2012

A most bizarre version of Shakespeare--one that's not for all tastes.