6/10/2023 0 Comments Hamlet 1996 full movie dailymotionAn important aspect of this discussion includes a psychoanalytical framework that draws upon the work of Slavoj Žižek and a concept termed “extimacy”, the relevance of which shall be explained later 2.Ģ Michael Collins commences with the 1916 Easter Rising then charts events leading to the War of Independence with Britain, the Treaty with Britain, the ensuing civil war, and, finally, Collins’s assassination in 1922. Indeed, the following discussion argues that recourse to Hamlet might supply an alternative method for the analysis of Jordan’s film and, in turn, demonstrate how literature per se can be deployed as a critical tool. 7 (.)ġWriting about his 1996 film Michael Collins 1, Neil Jordan asks: “When you have Shakespeare, why do you need movies?” However, by highlighting the analogies between some key themes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Jordan’s Michael Collins, this article will suggest how Jordan’s question is, perhaps, ironic. 2 Dylan Evans, An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis, New York, Routledge, 1996, p.1 Neil Jordan, Michael Collins: Film Diary and Screenplay, London, Vintage, 1996, p.
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