哈姆雷特 1996

四小时确实有点长。看过朱生豪译本，看过现场原声话剧，都不太感冒，不知道此剧有什么经典之处。 真是中有林黛玉，西有哈姆雷特，看到什么都要大发感慨，一长段台词，而且也不觉得台词有多好。不过演员的表演还是挺有看点的。著名的“生存还是毁灭”一段，流放途中一段，被带入戏。改成电影，运用电影的镜头很成功。场面调度和运镜真难。布景、道具的细节也还考究。不经意就发现熟悉的面孔算是彩蛋吧。

这一年，凯特·温斯莱特参演了这部莎翁电影；同一年，大西洋彼岸有一位美国小鲜肉也主演了一部莎翁电影《罗密欧与朱丽叶之后现代激情版》。第二年，两人共同主演的爱情大片席卷全球，赚足眼泪，他们蜚声国际。

Finally finishing the classes of [Knowing Shakespeare's Hamlet from the aspects of National Security and geopolitical] by Mike after about two months time.

Hamlet is really a classic masterpiece not only in England or Europe but also for students who are not native English speakers to know this charming language, not just as a tool, but a beautiful and interesting way of telling a good story which we r not familiar with.

Just like [A Dream of Red Mansions] in China, every time we read it, we would find something new in it and symbolic meanings of the real world. For example, the equality of people from different classes, genders, and also who have different pursues. I believe that there’s sth that we need to perceive beyond the political system in Ancient China, and just a family drama.

However, in Hamlet, it’s more like a geopolitical issue that I knew almost nothing before. According to what Mike discussed with us, the main question in this play is about a final and deep question ‘who has the right to define who as an enemy of the people?’ and also who is neutral, who is the friend or the leader of the people?

Hamlet has the power in law after his father’s dead, while Claudius had the power of military and finally became the new king. Characters like Claudius, Hamlet’s mother, Fortinbras and so on can be really political symbols in this famous play and can be found in the real world which similar things are happening around us(for example some political events in CHN). About the weakness of human beings, the great eager of owning power, murders, revenge……

However, Hamlet can be a really special person in this play as a people who are uninterested in power, in politics. He gave the whole country to Fortinbras which could not be analyzed as the modern country sovereignty issue, but his individual mind, like ‘he want to be a prince like Fortinbras but he could not and did not have the ability to be.’

So the ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE’ question can be about the choice of ‘let me revenge’ or ‘let me just sleep and ignore it’, related to Hamlet’s individual ideology.

Shakespeare once wrote that ‘there are a thousand hamlets in a thousand people's eyes.’ Many people do not like the results of Hamlets or the character of Hamlet itself. I really believe that each audience can be a co-author of literary works.

So nowadays it would probably be more appropriate to say "there are a thousand hamlets on a thousand stages" as audiences are able to enjoy numerous different adaptations of Shakespeare's plays around the world.

That’s also why I believe that [HAMLET FOREVER].

第一，悲剧。如此迂腐的丹麦贵族，死了还不知道波斯人来袭，内讧。第二，开始的神化肯定是假象，哈姆雷特那几个人肯定是知道先王的死因，以至于后来哈姆雷特出现幻觉，估计也是装疯过头了，得害死多少人，仇恨是毒药。第三，词藻。之前看书看不下，只好看看电影，确实话剧的词藻很华丽，果真佩服，过于夸张。 总的而言就是放哪国哪国都有的宫廷剧

清醒的人反而被认为是疯子。哈姆雷特是一精神和灵魂高度纯洁的王子，他在得知父亲被毒杀，而凶手自己的叔父克劳迪斯却与母亲结合并掌权后无法接受现实而失控，他说，弱者你的名字是女人，在这样的状态下说出来，让人顺服。哈姆雷特之所以与时俱进，是因为他的内容现实而时而发生，人性的丑陋面一直存在，造就了哈姆雷特的不朽。影片的风格优美而充满文艺气息，歌剧般的对白和场景。在这样的基础下，又将这群皇宫贵族背后的丑陋和虚伪楸出来与之同台，狠狠的讽刺了一把。奢靡和丑恶，却要作假惺惺的姿态，纯净的性灵被蒙蔽和毁灭。在哈姆雷特装疯卖傻之际，那些看似没有关联，其实却逻辑分明的话语，既尖锐又独到，撕下了挂在那个时代脸上的假面。 哈姆雷特，奥菲利娅都是美好的少年，美好而脆弱，无法接受现实的残酷都使得他们疯狂、受挫，最后殒落。莎翁并不以正义最终胜利的结局以激励人，而是用毁灭来冲击人，因为悲剧往往比喜剧更让人印象深刻，发人深省。也许生活中的我们都是哈姆雷特，在面对社会反面，和人性丑恶而无力回天的时候，我们也死去，只是死去的是灵魂、纯真，而不是肉身。 另外，导演的拍摄也是难得的，乍看之下有些平淡，影片的独到之处。有一千个读者就有一千个哈姆雷特，所以拍摄时便不能有太多个人个人情感和想法，以便者看出自己的观点。