tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post4262192764308183772..comments2017-12-26T23:27:57.751-04:00Comments on Hyperion to a Satyr: V.ii. The Readiness Is All - Hamlet 2000Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-74900290219928563992014-11-09T08:48:19.121-04:002014-11-09T08:48:19.121-04:00I'm glad it resonates with you, Craig!
Yeah, ...I'm glad it resonates with you, Craig!<br /><br />Yeah, I freeze-framed the heck out of this scene to catch a glimpse of some Osric brand, but the camera never focuses on it. It would have been cute, but perhaps not much more. In hindsight, we might talk about fax technology already being on its way out in 2000 (and yet, maddeningly still exists), showing a Denmark putting its faith in the wrong things (fax/rich land owner). There's something to it, though it seems accidental here.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632111864879597150.post-61719644751150545062014-11-09T00:52:12.278-04:002014-11-09T00:52:12.278-04:00I read somewhere that the brand name of the fax ma...I read somewhere that the brand name of the fax machines is "Osric," which would be a nice little touch, but I couldn't make out any logos on them when I revisited the film recently. I'm not sure what relevance this would have in regard to the fact that Paul Bartel shows up during the fencing match as Osric. Is he the CEO of the machines' manufacturer?<br /><br />This is one of the few problems I have with this fine (and underrated) film. The fax machines make for neat variations on familiar scenes -- such as, like you point out, having Hamlet and Horatio's reaction to the message being a private conversation -- but it robs Paul Bartel of the chance to give us an Osric who was memorable in any way. I guess it's give and take with modernized adaptations like these.<br /><br />The fax machines also date the film, as you pointed out in the IV.vii post, but I think that's made up for the fact that Hamlet's video diaries basically predicted the YouTube era. What probably seemed silly in 2000 has now proved to be quite prescient, and more relevant to today's world than that of the late 90s.<br /><br />(Excellent blog, by the way. I've been compulsively reading it since I discovered it. It appeals to my obsession with comparing film adaptations of classic works of literature, and it's very well done.)Craig D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02798473771333728151noreply@blogger.com