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Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters.
Aug 30, 1991 · Prospero's Books: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson. The magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.
Nov 27, 1991 · Peter Greenaway’s “Prospero’s Books” is not a movie in the sense that we usually employ the word. It’s an experiment in form and content. It is likely to bore most audiences, but will enchant others -- especially those able to free themselves from the notion that movies must tell stories.
Feb 16, 2016 · Subscribed. 59. 35K views 8 years ago. Peter Greenaway’s then state-of-the-art production of Prospero’s Books offers a purely subjective take on The Tempest, as witnessed through the eyes of...
Rent Prospero's Books on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. There is no middle ground for viewers of Peter Greenaway's work, but...
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Overview. An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'. Peter Greenaway. Director, Screenplay.
Prospero is a magician who gets to keep only a small fragment of his enormous library when he is exiled with his daughter to an enchanted island. As Prospero describes the books he loves, visions unfold of florid calligraphies, astonishing diagrams, and extravagant paintings.
