Clips of The Tempest emerge - and yes they include a glimpse of Ben

Thanks to yetanotherbenwhishaw blog for alerting me to this. It's a BBC piece on Helen Mirren at the Venice Film festival and includes some tantalising clips of Julie Taymor's The Tempest including one or two glimpses of Ben Whishaw's Ariel.

You can view it here on bleedingcool.com

I'm intrigued by the two sides of Ariel they show. From what I remember of the play - it's been a few years since I saw it on stage - Ariel can be all sweetness and subservience towards Prospero but has a bitter, angry side having been bound to him for so long. The clip shows hints of this duality, of course in Taymor's interpretation, Prospero becomes Helen Mirren's Prospera. I also like the way she's played up the sorcerer/ess side of Propero/a.

Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be showing at the London Film Festival, unless it turn out to be the mystery film, so I'm left waiting for a UK release date and I'm not hopeful of anything this side of Christmas.

Comments

[Eliza]

I can't believe there's still no UK release date. Hopefully it will hit Chicago soon after the initial release--when I see it, I'll let you know how it is! Thanks for crediting the blog again!