Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Hamlet with Headphones

Canada - A file folder opens to reveal surveillance photos of a young couple embracing. Around the periphery of a government office, blocky security guards stand vigilant, occasionally opening their briefcases to reveal eavesdropping equipment. The forces of paranoia have won.

If each generation gets the Hamlet it deserves, then the National Theatre’s much-lauded version, which will be shown in Canadian movie theatres Thursday, is WikiLeaks set in Denmark. The older generation, desperate to maintain power, feels the world shifting irrevocably beneath its feet. (more) (trailer)

Kevin's advice... "Give thy thoughts no tongue."
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1.3