An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Cinematography
Every frame is a 17th-century painting having an existential crisis.
Acting
Gielgud speaks every line—aging Shakespeare's voice into pure sorcery.
Production
24 simultaneous image layers—Greenaway invented ADHD cinema.
Director
Peter Greenaway
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greenaway made Gielgud record every line in a sound studio first, then lip-synced on set—essentially turning Shakespeare into a music video.
This was one of the first digital cinema productions; Greenaway used early Paintbox systems to layer images, essentially predicting Photoshop in 1991.
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