Title: A Heady Union of the Surreal and the Visceral
Product review: What I found most remarkable about Taymor's excellent adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most-maligned plays is the effectiveness of the time-scrambled imagery. One of the great things about film is its ability to visually comment on text and "Titus" does so in a way that is both accessible and challenging. Seeing Saturninus as a decadent Fascist or Chiron and Demetrius as S&M-chic Droogies resonates more than a period production would; the images help the viewer understand the characters while at the same time encouraging a more complex analysis of the play's outrageous violence and cruelty."Titus Andronicus" may well be among Shakespeare's least-important work but the film does an excellent job of making the play seem both relevant and profound. And besides all that, dig Revenge's crazy knife-helmet!
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