Preparing for retirement, King Lear decides to split his land evenly amongst his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Before he bestows these gifts upon his daughters, he gives them a ...

cutting the text and the role of the Fool, adding his own words, and lowering the body count. In his version both King Lear and his daughter Cordelia live, the King grants his daughter the throne ...

for “King Lear” is the guiding text of this film about aging and, yes, dying. David, its primary character, is a long-retired actor and teacher who at one point ruefully remarks that he never ...

Goneril talks to King Lear, her father, telling him that he is acting foolish and not attending to his kingdom. She does this with an alterior motive to find a reason to kick him out of his kingdom.

If Godard’s filmography was placed on a spectrum from linear to discombobulated, King Lear (1987), his postmodern ...