WORLD SHAKESPEARE DAY BONUS: Boris Pasternak, Grand Theft Hamlet, Andrei Tarkovsky, Richard. E. Grant, the ’other’ Stratford, and the Bard

Host Ally Pitts discusses the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, shares how Hamlet became his favourite Shakespeare play, and explores its connection to and influence on two of Russian culture's most famous figures, Boris Pasternak and Andrei Tarkovsky. And he talks about Withnail and I. Again. Not necessarily in that order. 

Links mentioned/alluded to in the episode:

mubi.com/russiansovietpod

mubi.com/en/gb/films/grand-theft-hamlet

letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-mubi-recommendations-updated-regularly/

letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/my-genre-recommendations-documentary/detail/ 

podchaser.com/podcasts/gentlemen-dont-get-caught-1554501 

podchaser.com/podcasts/mubi-podcast-1906950/episodes/grand-theft-hamlet-how-shakesp-243200018  

miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ 

podchaser.com/podcasts/under-the-grid-2346988/episodes/stony-stratford-159334015

dangerclosepod.com/doctor-zhivago 

dangerclosepod.com/articles/surplusordnance-episode-24
flixwise.com/2018/08/19/flixwise-canada-ep-22-withnail-and-i/ 

mkpulse.co.uk/withnail-i/ 

Contact us/socials:

All the links for a Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast and Ally Pitts you're ever likely to want or need: linktr.ee/russiansovietmoviepodcast
linktr.ee/ally_pitts 

We changed the name of the show a little while back, but the social handles/contacts are a bit of a mishmash.

Email: russophilesunite@gmail.com

Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Ally_Pitts/

Instagram: instagram.com/russiansovietmoviepodcast/ 
instagram.com/ally_pitts_movies_etc/ 

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