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| | William Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (2004): Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins - PopMatters ... |
 | | Specifically, the drama and the language take you through a harrowing comedic (in the Shakespearean sense) muddle of desire and betrayal, some calculated, most accidental. |
 | | Most obviously as these troubles are embodied by Venetian moneylender Shylock (Pacino, whom Radford describes as "trained in the Method, so he has to approach it in a very visceral way," meaning, seven or eight takes, delivering 100% of himself every time) and his primary client here, the titular merchant Antonio (Jeremy Irons). |
 | | Both want something they can never have, according to this interpretation -- Antonio the love of the pretty boy Bassanio (Joe Fiennes) and Shylock the devotion of his daughter Jessica (Zuleikha Robinson). |
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