文档介绍：威尼斯商人英语读后感
One of Shakespeares most powerful and controversial plays finally es to the screen in Michael Radfords splendid adaptation of The Merchant of Veni . Briskly pa d and passionately alive, Radfords pelling and handsomely filmed version of the Bards tragiic play features a superlative cast headed by Oscar winners Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. They, along with Joseph Fiennes and luminously gifted newer Lynn Collins, nd the screen in The Merchant of Veni , which rks the first time the director of Il Postino has ever tackled Shakespeare. And while his traditional approach to the play y lack the cine tic dazzle of Baz Luhr nns contemporary spin on Romeo + Juliet, theres nothing static or overly stagy about Radfords The Merchant of Veni .
Filmed on location, The Merchant of Veni transports you back to the 16th ntury, when the citys vilified Jewish munity was ghettoized. Shunned, even spat upon by the Veian nobles and merchants, the Jewish moneylender Shylock (Pacino) has built a sizable fortune through usury. Although the merchant Antonio (Irons) despises Shylock, he noheless goes to him on behalf of his debt-ridden friend Bassanio (Fiennes)。 To woo the beautiful and fabulously rich Portia (Collins)， Bassanio needs money. Sin Antonio is momentarily low on funds, he borrows it from Shylock. But if Antonio fails to repay the loan by a set date, Shylock will take payme