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他在最新作作品"威尼斯商人"扮演一個猶太的放債商人
他可以借任何人的錢只要你能答應一個條件:當還不出錢時要償還一磅的肉
戲中他不只遭受侮辱 連女兒都跟基督貴族私奔
他說這是一部提供了很多道德上的複雜性的作品
他也想到了1996年的"尋找理查"時初次嘗試拍攝莎翁的作品
那是他近年來投注最多熱情的一部電影 而接著他希望能拍攝
也在洽談如李爾王 馬克白等莎翁名作
他認為莎翁的作品總是具有不同面向的娛樂性又彼此緊密關聯
他不冀望能成為莎翁在北美的代言人
莎翁不需要任何人來代言他就可以做的很完美
本片在12/29在北美做盛大連映
Al Pacino Sets His Sights on King Lear, Macbeth
By REUTERS
Published: December 7, 2004
Filed at 4:13 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of gangsters, villains and hard men with a heart, Al Pacino has come back to Shakespeare and after playing Jewish moneylender Shylock he has his sights set on King Lear and Macbeth.
``Learning it in school was a bit of a bore,'' Pacino admitted to reporters in New York where he was promoting his new movie ``The Merchant of Venice'' in which he plays Shylock. The film opens nationwide on Dec. 29.
Nonetheless Pacino, now 64 and still best known for playing Michael Corleone in ``The Godfather'' that first hit screens in 1972, says he did get hooked on the bard at school.
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``Some actors have an appetite for it, some actors don't,'' he said. ``It's just what rings your bell.''
He said ``The Merchant of Venice'' may be difficult for audiences given the moral complexities, particularly his character who loans a fortune on condition that he receive a pound of the borrowers flesh if the loan is not repaid.
``I've always found there's a way Shakespeare can be presented to make it more entertaining and get a sense of its relevance,'' he said, recalling his 1996 documentary ``Looking for Richard,'' about Shakespeare's ``Richard III,'' as the project he has been most passionate about in recent years.
The Oscar winner says he sees Shylock, who endures anti-Semitic insults, is spat on in the street and sees his daughter elope with a Christian nobleman, as more sinned against than sinner.
Asked about future plans for more Shakespeare, Pacino said he had discussed a couple of movies -- ``King Lear,'' the tragedy of a father and his three daughters, and ``the Scottish play,'' an actor's superstitious reference to ``Macbeth.''
But Pacino plays down suggestions he is about to become some sort of ambassador for Shakespeare in modern America.
``I like him the way other people do. I love him, I love his work but I'm not here to ... represent Shakespeare to the world,'' he said. ``He doesn't need me, he doesn't need anybody, he's going to do fine.''
