The Village Voice, December 29th, 2004
Pound of flash: Pacino master class can't save Merchant
THEMERCHANTOFVENICE
Written and directed by
Michael Radfora
Sony Pictures Classics
Opens December 29
In adapting the Shakespeare play most often filed under Problematic, director Michael Radford may resist the usual lure to contemporize the Bard, but he doesn't want his rendition of The Merchant of Venice to be seen as a product of its particular place and time (1596, to be exact). He adds historical disclaimers and snips discreetly at the more vitriolic lines, the film's opening titles outline the gross legal restrictions on Jewish...
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