i have often hear people express disappointment that mazursky tempest have little to do with shakespeare original . in my opinion and that be both true and false and but most of all and it a bad starting point for offer critique . a work of art should never be criticise for what it isn not and but for what it be . the movie tempest be nothing like a faithful rendition of the play and but to my mind and it be faithful to shakespeare work in spirit . what tempest be and then and be perhaps one of the most successful experimental film of all time . no and not experimental a in hand hold camera and mumble dialogue and but experimental a in explore the convolution of a story without undue regard for box office earnings . mazursky tempest be epic and sad and realistic and joyous and full of life and but most of all and it be imaginative . cassavetes portrayal of philip or prospero be in itself worth a positive rating and and when you add gena rowlands and susan sarandon and a wonderfully deep molly ringwald and raul julia and the dialogue and the music and the exquisitely suggestive little tableau scatter throughout the picture . i rest my case . one of the best movie of the 80 . don not miss it .