The last time Derek Jacobi appeared in a movie with a literary bent it was a year ago in Clint Eastwood’s dreadful life-after-death drama Hereafter Cheap Anthony Brown Shirt , where he cameoed as himself, to the delight of Matt Damon’s Dickens fan 鈥?a man who loved the novels so much he listened only to the audio versions. Jacobi’s appearance at the beginning of this stunningly-designed takedown of the Bard 鈥?directed by the man behind Independence Day and Godzilla 鈥?might therefore be taken by some as a signal to leave the cinema immediately.
But Roland Emmerich’s meticulously crafted and often well-acted expos茅 of the “real” William Shakespeare is shocking only in that it is rather good.The problem is that Emmerich seems so determined to prove himself as a serious director his film drowns in exposition. There is no Hollywood-style crawl to explain the year or characters; instead, after a short preamble by Jacobi, disputing not only the existence of Shakespeare but his ability to have written the works, the story throws us into the deep end, with a cornered Ben Jonson (Sebastian Armesto) arrested by guards in the Globe Theatre.
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Emmerich’s film plays its hand early by having Oxford summon Jonson to his estate, where he offers him money to be a front for plays he has been secretly writing. Jonson turns him down, but the role is filled by a jobbing actor named William Shakespeare (Rafe Spall), a drunken buffoon who staggers onstage to take the credit simply because nobody else will. Oxford is appalled. “An actor!” he laments. “An actor, for God’s sake!” But Shakespeare it is Cheap Jamal Crawford Shirt , and Oxford continues to launder his material through this semi-literate idiot.
The politics of the late 17th century comes heavily to play, most of it retrofitted to match the theory. But beneath the CG and bombast there is a very enjoyable film. Emmerich vividly portrays Elizabethan audiences and their visceral appreciation of the plays put before them.More importantly, he draws on the Queen’s own fascination with dramaturgy and poetry, which allows the film to dwell rather interestingly on the connection between art and politics (“All art is political, otherwise it would just be decoration,” snaps Oxford). And most fittingly for a play about such great works Cheap Nemanja Bjelica Shirt , there are some wonderful performances too, despite the unengaging leads.
Edward Hogg as the Queen’s adviser is a standout, and Vanessa Redgrave makes an eminently awards-worthy Elizabeth. Best of all, though, are the snippets of the Mark Rylance (former artistic director of the modern Globe) as a jobbing actor bringing OxfordShakespeare’s work to life. Its a testament to Emmerich’s cluttered but sincere film that, at the heart of all the flash and filigree Cheap Gorgui Dieng Shirt , the play really is the thing.
JERUSALEM, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Israel came to a standstill on Sunday evening, marking its annual Day of Remembrance of Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims.
The Day of Remembrance pays tribute to the soldiers killed during their military service and wars, as well as the civilian victims of attacks.
The day kicked off on Sunday afternoon with an official ceremony at the Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin.
During the ceremony, a new 400-seat memorial hall was inaugurated there. The 18-meter-high monument contains over 23 Cheap Tyus Jones Shirt ,000 bricks, each engraved with the name of a fallen soldier and the date of his death.
Various additional memorials will be held across the country in the upcoming 24 hours, from late Sunday to Monday evening.
Sirens were activated on Sunday at 8 p.m. local time (GMT 0600) for one minute of silence and will be on Monday at 11 a.m. (GMT 0900) for two minutes of silence.
Shops and businesses were shut down on Sunday evening, with TV channels airing films about bereaved families and the stories of fallen soldiers and radio stations playing melancholic tunes.
At the main ceremony, held in the evening at the West Wall in East Jerusalem's Old City, a territory seized by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War Cheap Kevin Garnett Shirt , Rivlin said Israel must strive for peace.
"We must do everything in our power to ensure the safety of our soldiers, not to engage in preventing the next war, but rather to prevent (all of the) future wars with all the tools and channels available to us," he said.
According to official figures, 23,544 soldiers and 4 Cheap Jeff Teague Shirt ,128 civilians have been killed since 1860, the year in which Jews first established a new neighborhood in Jerusalem.
The commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of Fallen Soldiers is marked a week after the Memorial Holocaust Remembrance Day, and precedes the celebrations of the Israeli Independence Day, which begins on Monday evening and continues throughout Tuesday.
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