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Did Almereyda really get the audiences attention? Did he leave an impact on the audience, fulfilling their expectations and leaving them desiring for more? Did Ethan live up to his role as Hamlet even after being coached by a previous actor who played the role of Hamlet? Well, these questions can certainly be answered on the third link provided below. It provides a juicy review on Michael Almereyda’s article on Hamlet in the New York Times from 2000. It surely seems a little old now, but it was definitely fresh when the movie first came out. This review helps us better understand Michael Almereyda’s accomplishments and failures. It gives us a deeper knowledge about Ethan Hawke’s performance and also Michael Almereyda’s decisions about his cast? So what if Almereyda wanted to cast someone young as Hamlet. The question that still remains is, doesn’t young just mean less experience?

I have also posted an article on Hamlet by Michael Almereda in the New York Times. This article was written before the movie was released. It allowed the audience to get a firm understanding of what they might expect in the movie. Almereyda explains in his article the purpose behind his decision of casting a young actor as Hamlet. His goal of noticing how “thoroughly Shakespeare can speak to the present moment”. It also provides a deeper understanding of the casts’ point of views towards their role, the story of Hamlet and also their accomplishments throughout the shooting of the movie. Almereyda clarifies why he wanted to relive Hamlet but in a postmodern form and also why Almereyada believes that imagining a parallel visual language was his main job behind the camera. These and more interesting facts can be seen in the second link provided on bottom of the page.

Some Versions of Hamlet. January, 8 2005. VMI Department of English and Fine Arts.

15 December 2008 <http://academics.vmi.edu/english/hamletversions.html>.

“DAILY TELEGIRAFFE: Ghosts of Hamlets Past and Present.” The Daily Telegiraffe. November, 7 2000. New York Times. 15 December 2008 <http://members.tripod.com/DailyTelegiraffe/ghostsofhamletspast.html>.

“DAILY TELEGIRAFFE: Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet.” The Daily Telegiraffe. November, 7 2000. New York Times. 15 December 2008 <http://members.tripod.com/DailyTelegiraffe/almereydahamlet.html>.