Franco Zeffirelli interview for Hamlet (1991)

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I loved his HAMLET. But then I like most of his work, be it opera, theater, or film.

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Maybe I’m wrong but it could be that more people have watched Zeffirelli’s version than any other film version precisely because it’s accessible without taking the essence of the play. Even Mel Gibson looks down on it but it looks just the way you imagine it to be when you read it. The performances are riveting and Hamlet almost looks like a real person that loses his mind little by little.