Recent Posts
- I saw Akira Kurosawa's Ran at the theater today. Even though I knew the film was an adaptation of King Lear, I was surprised in just how many ways the film lined up with the play beat for beat. My partner suggested that this might be a universal tendency (pitfall?) for cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare. Regardless, I got some interesting things out of the film from picking apart the differences. (continue reading Notes on Ran (1985) and King Lear)
- It's still a work in progress, but I've finally got my weblog up—I have a pretty bad habit of letting perfect be the enemy of good. I'm using the Astro static-site generator, which I haven't used before, so I'm learning as I go. For the design of the blog, I've taken a lot of inspiration from the websites at the Web Design Museum. (continue reading My first post)