Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles attends a news conference for his film "Blindness" at the 61st Cannes Film Festival By Fernanda Ezabella SAO PAULO (Reuters) - After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare. Meirelles this week started shooting the TV series "Sound and Fury," about a Shakespearean theater group in crisis, and his next movie will be a loose adaptation of the playwright's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost." "Shakespeare is a heavy drug," said Meirelles said in an exchange of emails. "The more you read, the more you want to read. Each line has poetry, philosophy, a deep understanding of what we are." The movie is based on a Brazilian adaptation of...
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