Kate Temple

鬼才D・ジャーマンが、偉大なる哲学者ルードウィヒ・ヴィトゲンシュタインの生涯を独特の解釈によって映像化した作品。映画は、同性愛者であり、常に疎外感と戦い続けたヴィトゲンシュタインの苦悩・思想観などをジャーマン独特の美学によって映像化しその生涯を綴ったものだが、ヴィトゲンシュタインを緑色の火星人との対話によって自己探究をしてゆく主人公にするなど、彼の解釈が非常に面白い作品に仕上がっている。

England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.