Back in the 90โs, I used to really worship Al Pacino. I mean, nowadays, I still have a weak spot for the guy and keep watching his movies whenever I get the opportunity but pretty much like Robert De Niro, you can feel that the spark is not there anymore. Anyway, back in the good old 90โs, Al Pacino made his directing debut with this feature which was a fairly ambitious and experimental project. Indeed, it is labeled as a documentary but Iโm not sure if it is actually really accurate. Anyway, even though Pacino has become famous by portraying some of the most famous mob figures, he has actually always loved the theater and especially the work of William Shakespeare. So, to make this all accessible to the movie watchers, he came up with this flick. Apparently, it was supposed to be a straightforward adaptation of โRichard IIIโ but Al Pacino thought he could never compete with the version made by Laurence Olivier, the greatest Shakesperian actor that ever lived. As a result, he came up with this and ended up shooting 80 hours of footage over 4 years between his various movie projects and, I have to admit it, it is pretty damned hard to follow and many actors involved had no clue where the whole thing was getting at. Still, even though it is nothing really amazing, it remains an intriguing experimental flick and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.
7/10