Re Lear

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"They like their costume films do the Italians, so it's hardly any wonder that they were quick to adapt Shakespeare's plays for the screen. Here, many of the scenes are stencil-coloured, although these are spliced with conventional monochrome prints in the version I watched. To be honest, these black-and-white scenes are something of a relief after all the gaudy colours. The film is a prestige production from Film d'Arte Italiana, an offshoot of the French company that dedicated itself to raising the cultural quality of cinema (with only limited success). As with most early sile..."