Throne of Blood

by Robert N. Watson

Overview

Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (1957) is widely regarded as the greatest film adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. This fascinating interpretation of the film explores how Kurosawa draws key philosophical and psychological arguments from Shakespeare, translates them into strong visual metaphors, and inflects them through the cultural history of Japan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844576647
Publisher:	BFI Publishing
Publication date:	08/06/2014
Series:	BFI Film Classics Series
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Robert N. Watson is Distinguished Professor of English and Associate Dean of Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He is the author of many award-winning books, including Back to Nature: The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance (2006) and Shakespeare and the Hazards of Ambition (2004), and editor of several volumes of Ben Jonson's plays.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments .- Introduction .- A Guided Tour through the Spider's Web .- Notes .- Credits.