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Masque for the Marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda - part of the film Prosperos Books by Peter Greenaway from 1991, which is based on the substance of Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
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Masque for the Marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda - part of the film Prosperos Books by Peter Greenaway from 1991, which is based on the substance of Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
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Prospero's Books (1991), written and directed by Peter Greenaway, is a cinematic adaptation of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. John Gielgud is Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters. Stylistically, Prospero's Books is narratively and cinematically innovative in its techniques, combining mime, dance, opera, and animation. Edited in Japan, the film makes extensive (and pioneering) use of digital image manipulation (using Hi-Vision video inserts and the Paintbox system), often overlaying multiple moving and still pictures with animations. Michael Nyman composed the musical score and Karine Saporta choreographed the dance. The film is also notable for its extensive use of nudity, reminiscent of Manierist paintings depiciting mythological characters. The nude actors and extras represent a realistic cross-section of male and female humanity.