in the time of shakespeare, was he anti-semitic in your opinion? in my opinion, no, he wasn t. but it s hard to tell what was going on back then. that s 400 years ago what was being interpreted. there s a lot of interpretations of the play. to me, i think there is anti-semitism in the play, of course. but i also think shylock is it s also a blatant cry against prejudice in some ways when you think of what they do to this person because he s a jew. and how he reacts to it. and what he s become. what he is made into. so before you play him, do you think about it a lot? do you think about how i m going to how i view him? do you have to like him? well, yeah. i mean you know, you don t first of all you think of anybody you are playing as a human being. and what his needs are. what drives him.
are as far as i m concerned, i am looking at the play through shylock s point of view. and he s defiant. he s defiant in the face of prejudice. he defies it. that s what i love about the character. larry: you like playing shakespeare? i love playing shakespeare, yeah. yeah, i do. larry: and i just saw salome. when is that going to come out? you directed it. you star in it. one never knows. you know, this has been an ongoing thing for me for four years. it s sort of it isn t rare for documentaries to go on for a long time. you work on them. you develop them because there s no script to start with. so i had an idea. as i did with looking for richard. there was an idea i had. that took me three or four years. you do it while you are doing other things. and it goes back and forth. larry: it s a brilliant movie whenever it comes. see it. when you do hollywood, sometimes are you doing it for money?
going on back then. that s 400 years ago what was being interpreted. there s a lot of interpretations of the play. to me, i think there is anti-semitism in the play, of course. but i also think shylock is it s also a blatant cry against prejudice in some ways when you think of what they do to this person because he s a jew. and how he reacts to it. and what he s become. what he is made into. so before you play him, do you think about it a lot? do you think about how i m going to how i view him? do you have to like him? well, yeah. i mean you know, you don t first of all you think of anybody you are playing as a human being. and what his needs are. what drives him. why he is where he is and what he s doing. these are the things you focus on. and in that point of view, you
probably the world s first woman war photographer was forced to emigrate to new york during the nazi era she died there at age eighty two. while only shylock was taking photos during the first world war. was growing up in stuttgart her parents were jewish her father was an egg merchant. she became famous under the name geared tyros. square near her parents house is named after her the city renamed the square some ten years ago following an initiative spot. by cultural historian. emma shabba first began carrying out research on guitar hero more than twenty years ago her biography of the war photographer has been translated into several
anti-semitism in the play, of course, but i also think shylock is also a blatant cry against prejudice in some ways, when you think before what they do to this person because he s a jew. how he reacts to it, and what he s become. what he s made into. do you think about it a lot. how i m going to how i view him? do you have to like him? well, yeah, i mean you know, you don t you first of all, you think of anybody you re playing as a human being, and what his needs are, what drives him. why he is where he is and what he s doing. these are the things you focus on. and in that point of view, you are as far as i m concerned, i m looking at the play through shylock s point of view, and he s defiant.