#o 2001

[vllevalo]

JOSH HARTNETT as HUGO GOULDING

O (2001) dir. Tim Blake Nelson

[fluffycakesistainted]

“The transition for us as writers was fairly smooth since high school is its own ecosystem similar to the towns in the plays we were focusing on. Also, Shakespeare is usually building towards a big event, whether it’s a wedding or a celebration, which dovetailed nicely with the constant countdowns in high school to numerous big life-changing events.” Proms and sporting events are pretty common Act Three scenarios in these kinds of films, as are romantic plotlines dealing with heightened emotions. “There’s a focus on big epic feelings in all the best classic works, just like the big epic feelings of high school. It’s a time of life when we are feeling alive with possibilities, excitement, terror, anxiety, romance, drama, dreams, goals – all the stuff that’s a part of great classic literature.”

--Kirsten Smith, Hanna Flint - How teen movies became hooked on classic literature (BBC Culture)

[nicolettecallednikki]

I can tell Josh Hartnett is really hot because we as a society (well, not ya, some of you on this app are infants), but the rest of us let him get away with MICROBANGS & we just kept putting him in movies.

[1428elmstrt]

Mekhi Phifer as Odin and Josh Hartnett as Hugo in O (2001)

[aroedmundpevensie]

anyways i can only assume that the 2.9 rating on letterboxd is because people wanted it to be a stupidsilly movie bc it's set in high school and has teenaged characters, but "O" 2001 is actually an incredibly thoughtful and provocative adaptation of Othello that understands the themes of the original well enough to build on and play with them. it's got truth, reputation, nature, jealousy, it's got it all. most importantly, it captures both the disgust and the sympathy you necessarily feel for Othello without compromising either. it knows you Have to have both or else you become complicit in Iago/Hugo's narrative. AND it does all that even through a noticable shift in framework!!! in modernizing the themes of racism and misogyny, it shifts the focus from personal violence perpetuated by and through racial stigma to systemic violence perpetuated through personal vendettas, and somehow it doesn't sacrifice anything along the way. it allows O to be complicit in the violence, and then it makes damn sure the curtain is drawn back on whose nature he's reflecting. and this isn't a scene for scene, line for line adaptation, which makes it all the more incredible, because the writer understood the story well enough to tell the same story again without using any of the same words. literally nothing will ever be as compelling as O's last scene, and this is maybe the best Othello adaptation ever made, source: trust me bro.

[adaptationsdaily]

Modern Adaptations to William Shakespeare's work: Kiss Me Kate (1953, USA) Dir. George Sidney -> The Taming of the Shrew Valley Girl (1983, USA) Dir. Martha Coolidge -> Romeo and Juliet My Own Private Idaho (1991, USA) Dir. Gus Van Sant -> Henry IV, Part 1 10 Things I Hate About You (1999, USA) Dir. Gil Junger -> The Taming of The Shrew O (2001, USA) Dir. Tim Blake Nelson -> Othello Get Over It (2001, USA) Dir. Tommy O'Haver -> A Midsummer Night's Dream

[kriosv]

O (2001)

Dir. Tim Blake Nelson

[vllevalo]

JOSH HARTNETT + This Particular Door Exit ™️

TRAP (2024) / O (2001)