I watched this movie on YouTube
The differences between "A Midsummer Night's Dream" the written play and the movie are quite abundant. The differences I have found between the play and the movie by Michael Hoffman are in the book
Oberon curses Titania in
order to acquire her Indian page. Before releasing her, he reveals to
Puck that his plan succeeded; however, in the movie Oberon begins with the same intentions, all mention of the Indian page
is dropped after the initial confrontation and is never resolved. In the play it is never mentioned that Bottom is married, but in the movie itself it is shown that Bottom hides from his "angry wife". In the play, the mechanicals first meet in Peter Quince's house to cast their play. In the movie; however, they meet in a public area where Bottom is humiliated by a set of children.
His spirit is damaged and Quince insists that they rehearse in the
forest to be not seen.
You never truly know why directors of movies change things when they make a film that is based on a work of literature. They can do it for time reasons, cutting things out are important so they can avoid really long productions. In this movie, I believe things were changed to make the audience wonder, when Oberon's confrontation is not resolve which gives the audience the ability to piece things together on their own. The other two examples I used are pretty puzzling as far as why the director did them. I could not figure out why he gave Bottom a wife in the play, or why he changed the setting of the place to cast the play. It could be just to put his own spin on things, but it is hard to truly know.
You never truly know why directors of movies change things when they make a film that is based on a work of literature. They can do it for time reasons, cutting things out are important so they can avoid really long productions. In this movie, I believe things were changed to make the audience wonder, when Oberon's confrontation is not resolve which gives the audience the ability to piece things together on their own. The other two examples I used are pretty puzzling as far as why the director did them. I could not figure out why he gave Bottom a wife in the play, or why he changed the setting of the place to cast the play. It could be just to put his own spin on things, but it is hard to truly know.
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