“Songs, they keep changing with
the passing years…time takes so much away. But will we ever change? And where
it will take us the coming day?”
One of absolutely worthy to watch
modern adaptation of Bard’s greatest tragedy. Aki Kaurismaki’s take on
Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ is both creative and sardonic one in tone aiming dark satire
on corporate greed and materialistic madness. Shot in expressionistic black and
white chiaroscuro, it immediately gives it mood of classic Hollywood
noirs. Kaurismaki potrayed modern day Hamlet as businessman’s directionless son
who’s using computer, toning his body in gym, bugging his father’s murderer and
desiring to seduce Ophelia. Avenge of his father is in his mind but he’s mentally,
emotionally and sexually depressed loser who doesn’t know what to do! He kills
his boredom by listening popular punk rock and reading comics. Kaurismaki
maintained the plot and all other significant characters, scenes with errors
that leading towards tragedy. But above all it’s his taking liberty in the end
with that brilliantly twisted ending that points the mad frenzy of power and
greed culminating to ironical working class poetic justice that makes it stand apart from all other adaptations.
Ratings-7/10
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