The famous story of the assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath.
Not my idea of fun, but not a terribly dull film either. Shakespeare knew how to write a play, and that shows even in his minor ones, as I presume this one is. The film is well acted, and the sets are beautiful.
Perhaps one of the major themes here is that of manipulation, a recurrent one in Shakespeare. Cassius belongs in the same lineage of manipulators that include also Iago, Lady Macbeth, and Hamlet's ghost; Brutus is the manipulated one, alongside Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. It's an ambiguous thing, however; Brutus seems to possess an inner strength which makes him rather more than just a puppet (I wonder whether a similar case could be made for the other examples I mentioned).
The most famous line seems to be "it's not in the stars, it's in us" (rough quote). Two film titles at least came from this play: "The Serpent's Egg" and "The Evil That Men Do".
Rating: 53
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