430. GREAT CINEMA ADAPTATIONS: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

Peter Josyph via Zoom

Robert Bolt's award-winning 1960 play explores the tumultuous relationship between Henry VIII and Thomas More as a way of opposing ideas of conscience and convenience, with More retaining and defending his own firm identity as key to his salvation. In Fred Zinnemann's 1966 film—which won six Oscars, seven BAFTAs, and four Golden Globes—Paul Scofield reprises his stage role as More; Robert Shaw is Henry VIII; and Leo McKern is Thomas Cromwell, the King's amoral fixer. Our discussions will include how Bolt's screenplay vastly differs from his original stage play, and whether the moral issues that are central to the story continue to apply to political life today.

1:00-2:00 p.m. / 1:00-2:30 p.m.                                                                                  2 Sessions Thursdays, Jan. 9 and Jan. 16                                                                                           Fee:  $50

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ABOUT THE LECTURER

Peter Josyph is an author, actor, director, and filmmaker whose films include: Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Acting Cormac McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thorton’s All the Pretty Horses; Shakespeare In New York: The Sonnets; and A Few Things Basquiat Did in School. His books include: Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; What One Man Said to Another, Talks with Richard Seltzer; and, The Wounded River, which was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book. He also excels in literary and film criticism.