• Prospero's Books is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John...
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    freed from his imprisonment inside the pine tree. Prospero then takes Ariel as a slave. Prospero's sorcery is sufficiently powerful to control Ariel and...
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  • twelve of Prospero's thirteen magical books, which are the source of his powers. As the player collects the books around the island, Prospero opines over...
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  • by Nyman to form the bulk of his score for Peter Greenaway's film Prospero's Books. Four of these pieces did not undergo any changes, and were simply...
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    Farinelli and the King in 2017. Rylance's film appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels & Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), Intimacy...
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    that see it as a fable of art and creation, with Prospero representing Shakespeare, and Prospero's renunciation of magic signaling Shakespeare's farewell...
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    subsequently appeared in films including Prorva, Bogus, Jean Galmot [fr] Prospero's Books, Appetite and Prêt-à-Porter (in the latter appearing in a well-publicised...
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  • several British films including Wish You Were Here, Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, Swing and the 1990 film The Krays, where he played the part of Jack...
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    the first few cantos of Dante's Inferno. In the 1990s he presented Prospero's Books (1991), the controversial The Baby of Mâcon (1993), The Pillow Book...
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  • and with Peter Greenaway (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Prospero's Books). Alain Resnais and Vierny made 10 films together from 1955 to 1984...
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