English quotes

Machiavellian characterization - opening soliloquy

“Determined to prove a villain”

Margaret - beliefs in physiognomy

“elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog”

Hysteric hypophora + truncated antithetical

“Have mercy Jesu!... Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am.” and “No. Yes.”

Pacino - reduction of physical deformity

Gradual close up

Richard’s pursuit of power = capitalist ambition

Inclusion of American contemporary settings, especially Wall Street

Pacino’s disassembling of Richard’s static villain archetype

“You start to feel for him… he’s a villain, but there’s something human about him”.

Relligious allusion - depiction of Righteous and unwilling naif

“Yet so much is my poverty of spirit”

Scholarly quote - 1

‘bind the speaker to enact the reality he or she articulates’ (William Christie)

Contaminating potential of performativity (Shakespeare)

“not shaped for sportive tricks / Nor made to court an amorous looking glass” contrasted against following scenes

Infective potency of performativity (Pacino)

Pacino’s performance of Richard’s speech in casual clothing

Scholarly quote - 2

‘remak[es] himself in the shape of the perfect actor who has no being except in the roles he plays’ (Janet Adelman)

Pacino’s merging with the character - directorial position

Pacino states “[does not] remember that much, if anything at all” which is juxtaposed against Kimball “We’ve done Richard three times”.

Anne matching Richard’s intellect - stichomythia

“Arise, dissembler”

Anne oppressed by patriarchal hierarchy - metaphor

“ring encompasseth my finger”

Margaret authority against Richard - Mortal imagery + Inversion

“So now prosperity begins to mellow / And drop into the rotten mouth of death.”

LFR Wooing Anne Scene - Weakness of Anne —> Hollywood Androcentric culture, which normalizes the objectification of women

Half faces in each shot - Complementary of stichomythia

Inclusion of a lengthened kiss scene

Disregard of Margaret’s ominous authority (LFR)

Disheveled hair and costuming + screeching, grating tone “Who rants and raves”

Contextual aligning of LFR with R.III - women as intellectual equals to men

Actor’s circle scene - Close ups of Penelope Allen emphasizing her distress and male actors ignoring her