[nickcarraway]

I don’t think Olivier’s was light in the loafers, but it was reductionist to only focus on Freudian and Oedipal elements. It feels much shorter than it is. He really took the pruning sheers to the text.

[nopardons]

I hadn't seen Olivier's movie version in decades, but watched it again recently and was struck by Sir Larry's somewhat fey acting, in a few scenes, that I hadn't noticed before.

Unlike his amazing, "fairy tale" settings, yet powerful HENRY V, his HAMLET is far too "pruned" and flat for me.

Hadn't thought about it before, but yes, it is stuck in Freudian and Oedipal land; sadly.