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William Shakespeare died four-hundred years ago; however, the bard has stubbornly refused to remain truly lifeless. To this day, Shakespeare’s works are taken up and adapted by dramatists, visual artists, and musicians. Shakespeare is a regular on the big screen, too – not least in the field of queer cinema. In certain cases, it is easy to establish a link. Romeo and Juliet, for instance, deals among other things with a love that is rejected by its social environment. Many LGBTQ filmmakers have reworked this story, including Julien Eger in his short film Le baiser, shown together with Were the World Mine, a playful take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream – one of the many Shakespearean comedies that revolves around disguise and the turmoils of love. Shakespeare and his Romeo and Juliet also play small, but important roles in Léa Pool’s Lost and Delirious as well as Géza von Radványis Mädchen in Uniform.
Even such seemingly unwieldy texts like Shakespeare’s sonnets have inspired deeply moving films. The homoerotic, lyrical aspects of the poems are at the center of Derek Jarman’s cinematic meditiation The Angelic Conversation. By contrast, the short film To the Marriage of True Minds concentrates on the way the sonnets have resonated beyond all kinds of borders: of gender, of language, and of origin.
Even such seemingly unwieldy texts like Shakespeare’s sonnets have inspired deeply moving films. The homoerotic, lyrical aspects of the poems are at the center of Derek Jarman’s cinematic meditiation The Angelic Conversation. By contrast, the short film To the Marriage of True Minds concentrates on the way the sonnets have resonated beyond all kinds of borders: of gender, of language, and of origin.
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Lecture
Free EntryPresentation from Martin MühlheimCrossdressing, bawdy puns, and declarations of love addressed to members of same sex: Shakespeares oeuvre turns out to be astonishingly queer. But how about film adapatations of Shakespeare’s works? How does mainstream cinema deal with such ‘salacious’ originals? And which texts have proven particularly popular with queer filmmakers? This talk on Queer Shakespeare outlines important trends from the silent era to today: from female Hamlets and the homosexual gaze to well-read asylum seekers.
Guests
Presentation: Martin Mühlheim, English Department UZH
Zürich, Kulturhaus Helferei
Di, 3. Mai 2016, 19 Uhr
Supported by:
Englisches Seminar UZH