... the utilization of acting, and costuming, in the Ophelia madness scene and the Gertrude chamber scene. Zeffirelli exhibits a more proper perspective of the Shakespearean period, while Kenneth Branagh does not. Helena Bonham Carter, who played Ophelia, made an extraordinary showing with playing the part of a youthful lost young lady, who has experienced numerous tragedies throughout her life, and has now gone ... distressed and run down, instead of the previous scenes where she was delightful and composed. Zeffirelli made an extremely wise choice when he chose to have almost no cosmetics...

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